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Final Exam Essay Questions

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*"By ''scientification''... I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story---a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision" -Hugo Gernsback. Is Gernsback's definition a good definition of SF? Defend your answer by citing concrete examples from ''Ender's Game'' and at least three of the other assigned readings.*"Science Fiction is the branch of literature that deals with the effects of change on people in the real world as it can be projected into the past, the future, or to distant places. It often concerns itself with scientific or technological change, and it usually involves matters whose importance is greater than the individual or the community; often civilization or the race itself is in danger." -James E. Gunn. Is Gunn's definition a good definition of SF? Defend your answer by citing concrete examples from ''Ender's Game'' and at least three of the other assigned readings.*"A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content." -Theodore Sturgeon. Is Sturgeon's definition a good definition of SF? Defend your answer by citing concrete examples from ''Ender's Game'' and at least three of the other assigned readings.*"A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method." -Robert A. Heinlein. Is Heilein's definition a good definition of SF? Defend your answer by citing concrete examples from ''Ender's Game'' and at least three of the other assigned readings.*"Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together." - Ray Bradbury. Is Bradbury's definition a good definition of SF? Defend your answer by citing concrete examples from ''Ender's Game'' and at least three of the other assigned readings.
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