intro to sf
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Intro to SF
Writer’s notebook
Label: “Intro to SF” (10/6)
• What comes to mind when you think about Science Fiction?
• Frankenstein (1818)
Speculative fiction (SF)
• The big category
• The “what if?” question
Fantasy
• Lord of the Rings• Harry Potter
Science Fiction
• Star Trek• Fahrenheit 451• War of the Worlds
Alternate History
• 1942• CSA (mockumentary)• Resistance: Fall of
Man (PS3)
Determine and accept the rules
• Look for the “signifiers” establishing the text’s setting and rules