nPostednon January 2, 2014
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nTodaynwas NOT chosen as National Science Fiction Day because it is the anniversary of the supposed discovery of the planet Vulcan. (Thatn“discovery” turned out to be science fiction, not science fact!) Instead it was chosen because today is the birthday of science fiction great Isaac Asimov.
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Sciencenfiction can be wonderful in all the ways that other fiction can benwonderful. It can be exciting and adventurous like Westerns and spynnovels. It can feature brain-teasing murder mysteries like, you know,nmurder mysteries. It can offer terrifying horror or sweet, sweetnromance, great settings and characters, twisty plots and well-writtenndisalogue.
Sciencenfiction can be wonderful in all the ways that other fiction can benwonderful. It can be exciting and adventurous like Westerns and spynnovels. It can feature brain-teasing murder mysteries like, you know,nmurder mysteries. It can offer terrifying horror or sweet, sweetnromance, great settings and characters, twisty plots and well-writtenndisalogue.n
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Butnscience fiction has something-extra special that Westerns, spynnovels, murder mysteries, horror, and romance books don’t offer: Whatnit?
Butnscience fiction has something-extra special that Westerns, spynnovels, murder mysteries, horror, and romance books don’t offer: Whatnit?n
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nSciencenfiction usually looks to the future and asks “What if?” questionsnabout our possible actions, problems, or ultimate fate. It can looknat places far, far away in place and/or time and ask “What if?”nquestions about alien interactions and behavior. It can explorenalternate histories, parallel universes, andnright-here-and-now-but-different worlds. n
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nChecknout science fiction short stories, novels, and movies today. Here arensome suggestions:
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nChecknout science fiction short stories, novels, and movies today. Here arensome suggestions:
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nDoctor Whon (also here)
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Booksn by Arthur C. Clarke or Ray Bradbury n
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nBooksn by Jules Verne or Isaac Asimov
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nMy list of my favorite 10 science fiction books for kids
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- Someone else’s much longer list of science fiction books for kids
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nAlsonon this date:
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Anniversary of the discovery of the planet Vulcan
Anniversary of the discovery of the planet Vulcan
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nScience-fictionnauthor Isaac Asimov’s birthday
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nScience-fictionnauthor Isaac Asimov’s birthday
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nBerchtold’snDay in Switzerland
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nBerchtold’snDay in Switzerland
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