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Unit2TheFunTheyHadSectionOnePre-readingActivities

II.Culturalinformation

.ScienceFiction

Sciencefictionisagenreoffiction.Itdiffersfromfantasyin

that,withinthecontextofthestory,itsimaginaryelementsare

largelypossiblewithinscientificallyestablishedorscientifically

postulatedlawsofnature(thoughsomeelementsinastory

mightstillbepureimaginativespeculation).Sciencefictionis

largelybasedonwritingrationallyaboutalternativepossibilities.

Thesettingsforsciencefictionareoftencontrarytotheknown

reality,butthemajorityofsciencefictionreliesonaconsiderable

degreeofsuspensionofdisbeliefprovidedbypotentialscientific

explanationstovariousfictionalelements.

Thesemayinclude:1.Asettinginthefuture,inalternative

timelines,orinanhistoricalpastthatcontradictsknownfactsof

historyorthearchaeologicalrecord;2.Asettinginouterspace,

onotherworlds,orinvolvingaliens;3.Storiesthatinvolve

technologyorscientificprinciplesthatcontradictknownlawsof

nature;4.Storiesthatinvolvediscoveryorapplicationofnew

scientificprinciples,suchastimetravelorpsionics,ornew

technology,suchasnanotechnology,faster-than-lighttravelor

robots,orofnewanddifferentpoliticalorsocialsystems(e.g.,a

dystopia,orasituationwhereorganizedsocietyhascollapsed)

SectionTwoGlobalReading

I.Mainidea

Whatdoesthenarrativetellus?

Thetex