Science Fiction

Sammy FummertonVanessa Jackson

Deirdre Day Jasmine Etchevers

Mario Barba

Science Fiction, What is, hmmm? Yess

• Science fiction is a genre of fiction in which the stories often tell about science and technology of the future.

• It is important to note that science fiction has a relationship with the principles of science—these stories involve partially true-partially fictitious laws or theories of science.

• It should not be completely unbelievable, because it then ventures in to the genre fantasy.

Subgenres• Hard- accurately depicting worlds that more advanced technology may make possible.

attention to accurate detail in quantitative sciences, especially physics, astrophysics, and chemistry.

• Soft and Social- describe works based on social sciences such as psychology, economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology.

• Time Travel- uses a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively to a different time in history or the future.

• Alternate History- based on the premise that historical events might have turned out differently. These stories may use time travel to change the past, or may simply set a story in a universe with a different history from our own.

• Super Human- deal with the emergence of humans who have abilities beyond the norm. This can stem either from natural causes, or be the result of intentional augmentation.

Of books list. Yes, Hmmm1. Castle, Caroline, and Paul Nicholls. Teatime in Space. Laguna Hills, CA: QEB, 2008. Print.2. Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl. Hamburg: Carlsen, 2008. Print.3. Cushman, Doug. Space Cat. [New York]: HarperCollins, 2004. Print.4. Deacon, Alexis. Beegu. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. Print.5. Getz, David, and Michael Rex. Floating Home. New York: Holt, 1997. Print.6. Hurd, Thacher. Moo Cow Kaboom! New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003. Print.7. Kirk, Daniel. Moondogs. New York: Putnam's, 1999. Print.8. Kroll, Steven, and Will Hillenbrand. The Magic Rocket. New York: Holiday House, 1992. Print.9. McNamara, Margaret, and Mark Fearing. The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot. New York:

Schwartz & Wade, 2011. Print.10. O'Brien, Patrick. You Are the First Kid on Mars. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009. Print.11. Puttock, Simon, and Philip Hopman. Earth to Stella. New York, NY: Clarion, 2006. Print.12. Scieszka, Jon, and David Shannon. Robot Zot! New York: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 2009.

Print.13. Van, Allsburg Chris. Zathura: A Space Adventure. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Print.14. Willis, Jeanne, and Susan Varley. The Long Blue Blazer. New York: Dutton, 1988. Print.15. Yaccarino, Dan. First Day on a Strange New Planet. New York: Hyperion for Children, 2000. Print.

Of, Authors list. Yess, Hmmm

Jane Yolen William Joyce Brain Pinkney

Eoin Colfer David Getz Dan Yaccarino

Steven Kroll Patrick O’Brian

Few helpful websites

• http://www.wandsandworlds.com/

• http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/favorites/by_genre/science_fic.html

• http://www.colapublib.org/reading/children/sci-fi.html

Fun Facts!

• National Science Fiction Day Is January 2• The most famous award for science fiction writing today is

The Hugo. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”), which is also responsible for administering them.

• One famous SF writer of the 1960s, James Tiptree Jr., who wrote such classics as Houston,Houston, Do You Read? remained in such secrecy that he was suspected of being a spy. In1961, Tiptree's identity was discovered. Not a spy after all, but prominent feminist Alice B.Shelton.