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Warm-upFreediscussionDoyourecognizeanyoftheauthorsbelow?Sciencefictionauthorsusetheirimaginationtoexplorepossiblefutures.Howmuchdoyouknowaboutthem?

FamoussciencefictionauthorsJulesVerne(1828–1905)JourneytotheCentreoftheEarthTwentyThousandLeaguesUndertheSeaAroundtheWorldinEightyDaysJulesVernewasaFrenchwriter.Heisknownasthe“FatherofScienceFiction”.Hiswritingsarefulloffuturisticideasandinventions.Heisthesecondmosttranslatedauthorintheworld.IsaacAsimov(1920–1992)FoundationGalacticEmpireRobotIsaacAsimovwasanAmericanwriter.Heisknownforhisattentiontoscientificdetailinhissciencefiction.Hepublishedabout500booksduringhislifeandhasinfluencedsciencefictionwriterssincethe1950s.HismostfamousworkistheFoundationseries.LiuCixin(1963–)TheThree-BodyProblemTheWanderingEarthLiuCixinisaChinesesciencefictionwriter.Hehaswonmanyawardsforhisstories,andthenovelTheThree-BodyProblemmadehimworld-famous.In2015,LiuwontheHugoAwardforBestNovel,oneofthemostimportantscience-fictionprizes.Liu’sstoriesarepopularacrosstheworldbecausetheyexplorebigquestionsaboutthefuture.Histhought-provokingnovelsdealwithtopicslikethedestinyofhumanityandtheuniverse.

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Readtheintroductionstothreesciencefictionauthorsandfindouttheirtypicalwritingstyles.AuthorNationalityBooksorseriesStyleJulesVerneIsaacAsimovLiuCixinFrenchAmericanChineseJourneytotheCentreoftheEarthTwentyThousandLeaguesUndertheSeaAroundtheWorldinEightyDaysFoundation GalacticEmpire Robot TheThree-BodyProblemTheWanderingEarth Hiswritingsarefulloffuturisticideasandinventions.Heisknownforhisattentiontoscientificdetailinhissciencefiction.Hisstoriesexplorebigquestionsaboutthefuture,suchasth