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Decade science fiction emerged.

1930s

100

In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus gives this to humans.

Fire

100

From which religion does the Yin-Yang symbol originate?

Taoism (Daoism)

100

In “Snow”, Charlie compares the Park’s attempts to preserve life to the ancient....

Egyptians

100

Bradbury originally wrote “I Sing the Body Electric” as an episode of this show.

The Twilight Zone

200

Author that created the label "steampunk".

Keven Jeter

200

Wrote the book on which 2001: A Space Odyssey is based.

Arthur C. Clarke

200

Ishi is the Yahi word for....

“man”

200

According to the narrator of "Moxon's Master," Moxon suffers from this.

insomnia

200

Which award did “The Mushroom Hunters” win?

the Rhysling Award

300

How did New Wave artists PRIMARILY influence science fiction?

They added ambiguity and irony to the genre.

300

Ursula K. Le Guin novel that explores the same fear as 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The Lathe of Heaven

300

The popular android character from the television series Star Trek that frequently questioned the meaning of its existence.

Data

300

Poet that became good friends with Nathaniel Hawthorne in college.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

300

What did Barbara do to the two white children she had discovered were pre-childfinders?

cripples their minds

400

Pulp magazines such as Wonder Stories were LEAST likely to focus on what aspect of story telling.

Character Development

400

In The Lathe of Heaven, George Orr compares Dr. Haber to a(n)....

Onion (covered in layers upon layers but without a core)

400

Issue that appears MOST in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Always Coming Home.

shrinking natural resources

400

The format of “Relativity” resembles this.

Train Tracks

400

Which scientific principle does Howe mention in “Relativity”?

the Doppler effect

500

A short story that ends with the line “Ah, humanity!”

Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener”

500

The first rule in Isaac Asimov’s code of conduct for robots.

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

500

Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Lathe of Heaven opens with a comparison of the image of a drifting jellyfish to....

the unconscious mind of a dreamer

500

Why is C.L. Moore’s Jirel of Joiry series significant?

It was the first book to include a female sword-and-sorcery hero.

500

The introduction of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter” claims its original author is...

M. de l’Aubepine

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