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What Is Science Fiction? |
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The novel that you select for this module will focus on the future as various authors have envisioned it. The French author, Jules Verne started it all with his books, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon . Many other authors have followed in his literary footsteps as they wrote about the future and what it might hold. A list of other famous science fictions writers includes Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Frederik Pohl, and Aldous Huxley, to name only a few. |
"Science Fiction is a branch of fantasy identifiable by the fact that it eases the 'willing suspension of disbelief' on the part of its readers by utilizing an atmosphere of scientific credibility for its imaginative speculations in physical science, space, time, social science, and philosophy." |
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