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WHAT IS SCIENCE FICTION?
WHAT SCIENCE FICTION IS NOT...?
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TYPES OF SCIENCE FICTION
• Hard SF• Soft/Social SF• Military SF• Invasion Lit.• Time Travel
• Alternate History• Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic• Space Opera• Cyberpunk• Dystopian
While some science fiction fits only one category, most science fiction is a blend of different types.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW…
• Before you start analyzing science fiction you need to know some things…
• What is science fiction (we just answered that one)
• Who was the author (we’ll get to them one at a time)
• What was going on in the world of science when the story was written (we’ll do this one right now…)
• British
• Trained as a high school science teacher
• Considered to be the Father of Science Fiction
• Stories reprinted in pulp fiction magazines
THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION: THE BEGINNING: 1890’SH.G. Wells (1866-1946)
• Invasion Lit.
• Independence Day• Halloween, 1938 presented
by Orson Welles
• Weaponry of the time period?
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS BY H.G. WELLS
Published in 1898
• The Martians, who kinda look like large octopi, constructed large three-legged fighting machines, used a “heat-ray” to incinerate the group of humans sent to make contact, and then went about destroying England.
• The Martians use a large gun to shoot their cylinder-shaped spaceships from Mars to Earth.
• Earth scientists see the gun’s explosions, but don’t know what they are.
• The cylinder-ships crash land in England.
THE STORY SO FAR…
Martians come to Earth! The Martians Attack!
CH. 12: “WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON”
• The narrator (who is never named) and an artilleryman have been hiding in an abandoned house.
• As the chapter begins, the two men set out together, the artilleryman to find his unit, and the narrator to find his wife.
• Unfortunately, they run into some trouble…
• How is life of the 1890’s different than ours?
• How does Wells describe the human’s military preparations?
• How do the townspeople react?
• How does Wells describe the Martians and the battle?
WHAT TO LOOK FOR AS YOU READ
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: WAR OF THE WORLDS• Questions about the plot?
• How is this story different from anything else we’ve read this year?
• Describe civilian life in the 1890’s. Compare to today.
• Describe British military of the 1890’s. Compare.
• Describe the battle between the Martians and the British army. How would people of the 1890’s have reacted differently to people today.
• Compare the story to your notes on the history of science. How was Wells ahead of his time? What did or did not come true?
• How could we classify this story – what types of science fiction is this?
PULP FICTION MAGAZINES
• Started in the late 1800’s and had been replaced by the 1950’s
• The Golden Days of the pulp fiction magazine was the 20’s and 30’s
• Hundreds of specialized magazines each targeted at a niche audience: westerns, horror, Oriental, boxing, science fiction, fantasy, detective, etc.
• Most were around 150 pages and most cost around 25 cents.
• Many famous authors were published in pulp magazines: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clark, Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, H.G. Wells
WHY ARE THE CALLED “PULP” FICTION?
• The pages of a pulp magazine are made from very cheap and very pulpy paper.
• Because of the cheap paper, most did not have pictures
• The stories were usually superficial and always action packed
• In order to get people to buy them, publishers gave the magazines flashy, fleshy covers that would…um…appeal to their target audience (boys).
• Want to see some…?
PULP FICTION COVERS
MORE PULP FICTION COVERS
LAST ONES…
• Published in 1953 in the magazine Science Fiction Adventures
• Pulp fiction stories are short, easy reads. They are for entertainment.
• Think of them as half-hour TV shows.
AN EXAMPLE OF PULP FICTION: “THE HANGING STRANGER” BY PHILIP K. DICK
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:“THE HANGING STANGER”
IDK.
• Stories focused on accurate scientific details, especially physics and astrophysics
• Often light on story
• Often flat, static characters
• Authors are often scientists as well as writers
HARD SCIENCE FICTION
YOUR ASSIGNMENT
1. Read your selection
2. With a partner (if you want) identify the key parts of your object: size, shape, movement, speed
3. Create a poster that accurately shows all of the key parts (you will present your poster)
• Label the dimensions
• Use arrows and numbers to show movement and speed
• You don’t need to color it
• Grade will be based on accuracy and effort
LET’S SEE HOW YOU DID
Larry Niven’s Ringworld Arthur C. Clark’s Rendezvous with Rama
Cooler, video here, but not as accurate.
• Using a futuristic setting to explore current and pertinent social, political, and economic issues
• Has its roots in the Civil Rights movements of the 60’s and 70’s.
• Stronger focus on character and story development
SOFT/SOCIAL SCIENCE FICTION
This is one of my favorite books, btw.
“Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-
year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek
out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone
before”
STAR TREK
STAR TREK BROKE A LOT OF GROUND…
• Star Trek featured a multicultural cast in a time when most leading roles were white men. (Watch and listen for the nationalities on the bridge.)
• Martin Luther King Jr. personally asked Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) to stay on the show as a role model who broke racial and gender barriers.
• Star Trek aired the first interracial kiss between the characters Captain Kirk and Uhura.
SOME QUICK BASICS
Captain Kirk Spock – He’s a Vulcan
MORE BASICS
Uhura, Communication’s Officer Sulu – he flies the ship…sorta
LAST OF THE BASICS
Chekov – also flies the ship…sorta The Enterprise
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