Science & Science Fiction in Literature
Science & Science Fiction in Literature
Born on August 30th 1797 Mary Shelley’s masterpiece, Frankenstein, was published when she was only 20 years old. So, to celebrate her literary masterpiece here is a quiz all about Science and Science Fiction…and Frankenstein, of course!
Born on August 30th 1797 Mary Shelley’s masterpiece, Frankenstein, was published when she was only 20 years old. So, to celebrate her literary masterpiece here is a quiz all about Science and Science Fiction…and Frankenstein, of course!
Which novel by Terry Pratchett is set during the Blitz and is part of a trilogy about a time travelling boy called Johnny?
Which comic SF ‘trilogy in four parts’ began life as a BBC radio play in 1978?
Which scientific work was published in November 1859 and revolutionised the way we look at the world?
Which novel, published in 1895 is considered to have popularised the idea of time travel?
Which satirical SF novel is told by an unreliable narrator called Billy Pilgrim who tells his story in nonlinear flashbacks – or time travelling?
Which 1951 John Wyndham novel is mainly set in the South of England and is about a plague of blindness that befalls the entire world?
What is the subtitle of Frankenstein?
Which chilling social SF novel by Margaret Atwood is set in a near-future North America, in a totalitarian Christian theocracy?
Which 1939 SF novel is set in London in the year AD 2540 or 632 AF – (After Ford)?
Whose entry to a BBC competition – a short story called The Sentinel, was the basis for the Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Which Stephen Hawking book, that tries to explain concepts in Physics to non-scientific readers, has sold over 10,000,000 copies?
‘Across the gulf of space… intellects vast… and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.’ Which novel?
Which major film was inspired by the 1968 Philip K Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Which British biologist wrote The God Delusion, Unweaving the Rainbow and The Blind Watchmaker?
Which 2011 self published SF novel by Andy Weir follows American astronaut, Mark Watney, as he becomes stranded alone on Mars?
Much of the action in Frankenstein happens in Germany but where does the novel begin?
Which 1965 epic SF novel by Frank Herbert tells the story of young Paul Atreides, has 5 sequels and was turned into a miniseries in 2000?
What is Frankenstein’s first name?
The 2002 film Solaris was based on a 1961 SF novel by which author?
Which older children’s SF is about Meg whose scientist father goes missing after working on a mysterious government project?
Finish the title of this 1966 Robert A. Heinlein novel; The – is a Harsh Mistress
Which American author wrote the award winning A Short History of Nearly Everything explaining science to a non-scientific audience?
Which social SF novel was published in 1949 and is set in Airstrip One, a province of the superstate Oceania?
Who wrote I, Robot?
Which author and professor of biochemistry wrote over 500 books before his death in 1992?