SCIENCE FICTION IN LITERATURE

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

STAR WARS ET UNWIND – THE NOVEL THE HUNGER GAMES – NOVEL AND

MOVIE STAR TREK

WHAT IS SCIENCE FICTION? Lies somewhere between realistic fiction

and total fantasy

Usually set in the future world different from our own.

The human psychology plays a central role in Sci-Fi.

WRITERS IMAGINE HOW PEOPLE MIGHT BEHAVE IN SITUATIONS INVOLVING NEW TECHNOLOGY

ELEMENTS SCIENCE Setting:

future or remote pastOn another planetOr spaceship

TECHNOLOGY of today +

That has not yet been developed or invented but that follows the laws of science.The scientific method

PlotELEMENTS

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-TIME TRAVEL

-IMAGINARY CREATURES – ALIENS, EXTRA TERRESTRIALS, ROBOTS

-REALISTIC HUMAN REACTIONS TO

FANTASTIC SITUATIONS.

-A SURPRISE ENDING – SOMETIMES-

DETAILS REALISTIC

Those that are real in the present.

homes, cars,

cell phones,

school, families

FUTURISTIC

Those that are NOT real in the present and are presented in a future world or time.Space homes

Flying cars

Time travel

EXTRAPOLATED IDEAS

Extrapolate means: to estimate something unknown based on known facts (Webster)

It is the process of imagining relatively probable worlds of the future by using logical extensions of scientific and cultural trends.

Extrapolated Idea

There is still good and evil in the world-that plays out in the galaxy on other planets.Star Trek – The Federation fights against

the Borg population. Space ships fighting each other and visiting other planets to keep the space world free. This is like the US fighting to help other nations free themselves from tyranny.

Extrapolated Idea

Technology becomes so advanced that humans do not have to do much for themselves. They become lazy and perhaps overweight.Example: Think of the movie, “Wall –E” and the people sitting in the moving “cars”

TRENDS SCIENTIFIC

cell phone appsIpadsHd tvsSmart homesGenetic cloningArtificial limbs, etc.EbooksSmart cars/smart

housesApps

CULTURALKids using cell

phonesFamilies on the go

24/7Media madnessFamilies eat out oftenConsumerism and

pollutionLess active

Other thoughts to consider Science fiction lets

the reader “view” the future through the eyes of the writer

SF writers often comment on HUMAN BEHAVIOR

EARLY SCIENCE FICTION WORKS:

Frankenstein 20,000 Leagues

Under the Sea The Time Machine War of the Worlds Twilight Zone

SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES/BOOKS

RAY BRADBURY NOVELS & SHORT STORIES

THE PEDESTRIAN THE VELDT ALL SUMMER IN A

DAY FAHRENHEIT 451

ET Close Encounters of

the Third Kind Signs Unwind Everlost Avatar The Uglies