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Robbie
When was the Golden Age?
100
The most powerful force in science fiction ever because of his pulp magazines.
Who is John W. Campbell?
100
Caused sci fi in the United States to be written in earnest and with purpose.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
100
Focus of the 1980s
What is cyberpunk?
100
Science and Adventure Dominated
What is The Golden Age?
200
Day in the Life of an American Journalist in 2889
When was the Age of the Pioneers?
200
The editor of the first sci fi magazine.
Who is Hugo Gernsback?
200
When "Science Fiction" was coined.
What is 1929?
200
Focuses on social sciences.
What is Soft Sci Fi?
200
Sociology Dominated
What is the Post War Era?
300
How the World Was Saved
When was the Post War Era?
300
Wrote the book that first critiqued sci fi.
Who is Kingsley Amis?
300
Forces folks to start writing religious science fiction.
What is the dropping of the atomic bomb?
300
Caused people to realize the negative effects of technology
What is an Atomic Bomb?
300
Style Dominated
What is The Modern Era?
400
Time Machine
When was the era of Scientific Romances?
400
Wrote the first sci fi book but it was really more gothic than sci fi.
Who is Mary Shelley?
400
Starts folks thinking that perhaps the US isn't going to always be the winner.
What is the launching of Sputnik?
400
Magazine that compiled sci fi stories together in one place.
What is Pulp Magazines?
400
Science Dominated
What is the Pioneers?
500
Triceratops
When was the New Wave?
500
The Fathers of Science Fiction?
Who is Hugo Gernsback, Jules Verne, and HG Wells
500
Caused a resurgence is Science Fiction in the modern age.
What is 9/11 or any moment when we are scared as a society?
500
First book written against Sci Fi
What is New Maps of Hell?
500
Adventure Dominated
What is Scientific Romances?