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The Final Frontier Section Task : Liftoff ! Presenting your predictions This section examines how people see the future of space exploration . You will read excerpts from science fiction stories and predictions about space exploration . You will prepare and present your predictions regarding the future exploration of space . 1 The following question was posted to "Ask the Experts" on a homework help Internet site . Read the question and the answer to find out what is special about science fiction . ASK THE EXPERTS : LITERATURE Question : What is science fiction ? I have just read a wonderful book —The Warof the Worlds by H . G . Wells . This book was written more than 75 years ago . I thought science fiction stories were new . Also , I thought science fiction is just about aliens and galactic wars . David Berman , Melbourne , Australia Answer : Karen Cook , Professor of Literature Many th people believe that science fiction writing first began in the 20 century . However , hundreds of years ago , writers described trips to the Moon and planets . Some of the stories might not seem very surprising today , but they were amazing at the time . These writers used the science that they knew and their imaginations to predict things that would not be discovered for many years . For example , in 1648 , Cyrano de Bergerac , a French writer , wrote a story about a trip to the Moon . The people on the Moon used "light bulbs" and a machine like a tape recorder . Most science fiction is a mixture of scientific knowledge and imagination . It describes things that might possibly happen in the future . Because science fiction is based on science , it also considers the effect of science on human beings . 2 What was amazing about the first science fiction stories ? 3 Complete the following sentences in your notebook . Science f iction combines science and . .. to predict the f uture . / t also talks about how . .. might Inf luence the lives of ... . 4 There are many science fiction movies and television shows . In what ways could the following movies or television programs be considered science fiction ? Discuss . Contact E . T— The Extra- Terrestrial Independence Day The Matrix Men in Black * Roswell Stargate SG-1 * Star Trek Star Wars
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