Science Fiction Power Point #1 Guide Notes
These questions will go in order; however, please read all of the slides in their entirety due to
upcoming tests being encompassing of everything we see, read, discuss, and “encounter” during our
journey through Science Fiction and a little bit of Fantasy.
1. By what is science fiction limited?
2. Although this can be argued, according to the power point, the creation or evolution of science
fiction was due to what?
3. Choose one of the quotes by either Sturgeon or Moskowitz and using a persuasive perspective,
argue either for the quote or against it. Explain your reasoning. Several sentences will be fine.
4. Which author and what novel is usually accredited to be the first true science fiction novel? Why
would this novel be categorized or classified as sci-fi?.
5. What was this novel the first in English to do?
6. Which authors are also attributed to the creation of the genre?
7. What must we not forget that science fiction writers do?
8. Define extrapolation:
9. Based on the brief explanations and Ford’s statement, what makes sci-fi and fantasy different?
10. Complete the chart for major themes in Science Fiction (3 slides)
You will need to come up with some of your own.
Major Themes in Sci-Fi
Movie/Novel/Television Examples
1. Space Travel to & from other planets, The Long
Space Ship Voyage
2. Time to the ______ & ___________
_______________, Star Trek
3. Pschological/____________ changes to man
brought about by _________ changes
4. ____________________ / talents
The Incredible Hulk, ______________
5. Science applied to _______ _________ for
constructive or ______________ purposes
6. Battle with alien life forms
Frankenstein, Weird Science
Back to the Future
Superman, Spiderman
Signs, The Day the Earth Stood Still,
_____________________
7. ___________ _________________
Star Wars, _______________ (your own)
8. The alien encounter
____________________ (your own)
9. The ___________________ of a new planet
11. The Computer/ Technology/ Robotics
The Fifth Element, Earth’s Final Hour,
Armageddon
Smart House, ____________ (your own)
12. From the _____________________ of an alien
____________________ (your own)
10. The end of the world
11. After looking at the slides for themes as well as plot conventions of science fiction, what id you
notice was the primary similarity? What was one difference?
12. When was the first sci-fi film showed and what was it called?
13. What film is known as the first classic sci-fi film? What year?
14. What was the first great sound picture for sci-fi?
15. From what was it an adaptation?
16. What was also the first film to do?
17. List 1 of the prominent serials of the era?
18. How many sci-fi films and shorts were made between 1948-1962?
19. After what historical event did sci-fi really become popular? What types of films were prompted
because of this event?
20. When was Fahrenheit 451 filmed?
21. What film debut sparked a revitalization of science fiction? What year?
22. Which movie filmed in the 80s was a huge blockbust that was reissued on its 20th anniversary?
23. Which film began a series of films that has continued for 20 years or so that involves a robotic
killing machine from the future? What year?
24. What movie was a Frankenstein spin-off? Johny Depp 
25. What movie filmed in 1996 can be considered prophetic in the wake of 09/11?
26. When was Tron with Jeff Bridges originally filmed?
27. Which film, in the last five years, was on a different planet, focused on a different race, and could
possibly be considered a new take on Pocahontas? Think blue?
28. Science Fiction should be studied because
A. it is entertaining
B. it makes the audience wonder _________?
C. it encourages _________ in ____________
and role-playing.
D . it introduces students to a new __________
__________.
E. it teaches lessons about the ________ &
__________ of advanced technology.
F. Enhances ___________________
Power Point #2 Guided Notes
1. Science fiction is a ____________ or ______________ genre that focuses on imaginative
_______________ _________________ or developments, _____________________ of environmental
or _________________ changes, space travel, or finding life on other _______________.
2. Oftentimes, authors have his/her own ______________ in regards to what science fiction really is.
3. When was Frankenstein by Mary Shelley published?
4. She wrote it as a _________________ with her friends to see who created the most horrific
____________ story. This novel greatly impacted the world, both in a literary and imaginatively
scientific way.
5. H.G. Wells was known as the father of the _________ ____________ novel. He always incorporated
_______________ themes in his work.
6. Wells was one of the first writers to postulate
and ____________manipulation.
, invisibility potions, alien invasions,
7. Which write, through his novels, predicted elevators, atomic subs, and rocket ships?
8. ______________________, a famous writer during the American Romanticism period who is
known for his stories “Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,”
“The Masque of the Red Death,” his poem “The Raven,” etc. also dabbled in science fiction with
many of his short stories and his unfinished novel The Narrative of __________________.
9. Many science fiction writers started their careers getting the literary works published in sci-fi
magazines called ___________________.
10. The creator of ______________, Edgar Rice Burroughs, loved to create strange, lost worlds on
_______________ as well as on other planets.
11. H.P. Lovecraft focused on malevolent, huge beings that once ruled the world who intend on
making mankind extinct and ruling again. This reminded me of a 21st century film that was viewed
through a video camera while alien like dinosaur things took over. Name that film
_________________
12. Isaac Asimov created the 3 laws of __________________. 1) to serve __________
2) never to __________ mankind and 3) never to ______________ mankind unless it would result
in the breaking of _________________. This comes from Asimov’s novel that was also turned into a
film in 2004. Name that film __________
13. What sci-fi creation by Frank Herbert is considered a classic work of literature that has had
many sequels created in both literature, film, and television?
14. Who is compared to Jules Verne for predicting future scientific inventions such as
communication satellites that are in geostationary orbit? ________________ This author is famous
for his screenplay of director Stanley Kubrick’s ________________ ____________.
15. Who wrote The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451?
16. Who wrote Ender’s Game? _______________ This author is also the first author to win the
Nebula and Hugo awards in two consecutive years.