Section 2
Decade science fiction emerged.
1930s
In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus gives this to humans.
Fire
From which religion does the Yin-Yang symbol originate?
Taoism (Daoism)
In “Snow”, Charlie compares the Park’s attempts to preserve life to the ancient....
Egyptians
Bradbury originally wrote “I Sing the Body Electric” as an episode of this show.
The Twilight Zone
Author that created the label "steampunk".
Keven Jeter
Wrote the book on which 2001: A Space Odyssey is based.
Arthur C. Clarke
Ishi is the Yahi word for....
“man”
According to the narrator of "Moxon's Master," Moxon suffers from this.
insomnia
Which award did “The Mushroom Hunters” win?
the Rhysling Award
How did New Wave artists PRIMARILY influence science fiction?
They added ambiguity and irony to the genre.
Ursula K. Le Guin novel that explores the same fear as 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Lathe of Heaven
The popular android character from the television series Star Trek that frequently questioned the meaning of its existence.
Data
Poet that became good friends with Nathaniel Hawthorne in college.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
What did Barbara do to the two white children she had discovered were pre-childfinders?
cripples their minds
Pulp magazines such as Wonder Stories were LEAST likely to focus on what aspect of story telling.
Character Development
In The Lathe of Heaven, George Orr compares Dr. Haber to a(n)....
Onion (covered in layers upon layers but without a core)
Issue that appears MOST in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Always Coming Home.
shrinking natural resources
The format of “Relativity” resembles this.
Train Tracks
Which scientific principle does Howe mention in “Relativity”?
the Doppler effect
A short story that ends with the line “Ah, humanity!”
Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener”
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.
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
Why is C.L. Moore’s Jirel of Joiry series significant?
It was the first book to include a female sword-and-sorcery hero.
The introduction of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter” claims its original author is...
M. de l’Aubepine