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| + | Common elements in SF books/movies/tv shows/etc: | ||
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| + | involves science/extrapolations on science | ||
| + | technology gone wrong | ||
| + | aliens | ||
| + | other worlds | ||
| + | magic/things that couldn't happen | ||
| + | space travel | ||
| + | robots | ||
| + | artificial intelligence | ||
| + | monsters | ||
| + | utopia | ||
| + | dystopia | ||
==[[Our Definition of SF]]== | ==[[Our Definition of SF]]== | ||
Revision as of 08:14, 20 September 2009
Contents
- 1 SF and Literary Terms - A Glossariki!
- 2 Elements of an SF Story
- 3 Our Definition of SF
- 4 SF Favorites
- 5 EAC234 Assignment 1
- 6 Term Test Essay Questions
- 7 Assignment 2 Essay Topics
- 8 Final Exam Essay Questions
- 9 Assignment 1 - Helen O'loy - Mark Salvador
- 10 Assignment 1 - It's A Good Life - Chris Baynton
SF and Literary Terms - A Glossariki!
- LY, light year
- The distance traveled by light in one Earth year. Light travels at 300,000 km/sec, so a light year is [1 light year = 9.4605284 × 1015 meters]. One light second - 300,000 km or the distance light travels in one second
- FTL
- faster than light.
- FTL drive
- the drive that enables ships to cross interstellar distances fast than light would (so in a relatively short time)
- Robot
- A robot is an electro-mechanical device or group of devices that can perform autonomous or preprogrammed tasks unaided by human intervention. C-3PO and R2-D2 are examples of robots.
- Android
- An android is a robot made to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior. Data from Star Trek is an example of an android.
- Cyborg
- Stands for a CYBernetic ORGanism. In essence a creature that is part organic and part mechanical, computerized, etcetera. The Terminator is an example of a cyborg, for it is a mechanical body covered with organic skin and flesh.
Elements of an SF Story
Common elements in SF books/movies/tv shows/etc:
involves science/extrapolations on science technology gone wrong aliens other worlds magic/things that couldn't happen space travel robots artificial intelligence monsters utopia dystopia
