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Which book, published in 1818, is commonly considered the first science fiction novel?
Frankenstein
Ursula K. Le Guin met her husband on the way to what country to undertake a Fulbright fellowship?
France
Who wrote the short story "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall"?
Edgar Allen Poe
Steampunk aesthetics are mainly inspired by what century of history?
1800's/1900
What is the name of the type of modern science fiction that envisions humans and their technology living in harmony with nature?
Solarpunk
What is the first science fiction novel to be published in the United States, according to Paul Collins?
Symzonia
What period of Sci-Fi did Urusla K. Le Guin Write in?
New Wave
Who wrote the famous story that ends "Ah, humanity!"?
Herman Melville
The period from around 1938 to the late 1940s is called by what name in the history of science fiction publishing?
The golden age
A dystopian story by Bruce Sterling, Published in the 1980's, would most likely be in what genre of science fiction?
Cyberpunk
What is the title of the 1984 novel by William Gibson that pioneered cyberpunk?
Neuromancer
What is the title of the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that addresses gender and gender fluidity?
"The Left Hand Of Darkness"
Which author created the "three laws of robotics"?
Issac Asimov
In what decade did science fiction emerge as a generic force?
1930's
What word for a kind of science fiction was first coined jokingly by Keven Jeter in a letter to the editor?
Steampunk
Which novel, sometimes considered science fiction, was published in 1616?
The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz
Which prestigious publishing house has republished at least seven of Ursula K. Le Guin’s novels in recent years?
The Library Of America
Who wrote the story "The Birthmark," about a man who tries to make his wfie acheive human perfection?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
What decade saw the development of a spate of science fiction TV shows such as Star Trek and The Time Tunnel?
1960's
What is the name of the type of dystopian science fiction, developed in the 1980s, that often involves the conflict between the powerful and the struggling?
Cyberpunk
What two famous early science fiction radio series are mentioned by the Resource Guide?
Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon
What year was Le Guin Born?
1929
Science fiction writers such as Nalo Hopkinson and Nisi Shawl are from a similar demographic as, and following in the footsteps of, which one of the authors of the shorter selections
Octavia Butler
What year was The Lathe of Heaven published?
1971
Which “science” is the science component of the German novel The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rozenkreutz?
Alchemy