From speculative futures to distant worlds, science fiction questions the present as much as the future. Test your knowledge of its novels, authors and defining ideas.
Science Fiction Novels
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- Which 1984 William Gibson novel follows the hacker Case through a world of the matrix and cyberspace?
- Which British author wrote The Time Machine and War of the Worlds?
- Which writer created the universe of Foundation, anticipating the use of psychohistory to predict the future?
- In which work do we find the planet Arrakis?
- Who is the author of “Ender’s Game”, a novel that explores themes of war and strategy through the eyes of a child prodigy?
- In which book by Ray Bradbury are censorship and the destruction of books at the heart of the story?
- Which novel by Philip K. Dick questions what makes us human through the story of robots?
- Which book by Ursula K. Le Guin features a society where individuals do not have a fixed gender, challenging gender and sexuality norms?
- Which science-fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein follows characters traveling among parallel universes?
- Which science fiction novel, written by Neal Stephenson, is famous for popularizing the term “metaverse”?
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