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Mar 14, 2023 · In this history of children's books, we look at some of the earliest examples of children's lit, and how the genre was shaped over the years.
- Alice Nuttall
May 1, 2024 · If science fiction (sci-fi) is a genre that appeals to your kids here are the best science fiction chapter books about space, inventions, and more.
- Daniel Arenson
- "The Epic of Gilgamesh" (circa 2100 BC) One of the earliest known works of speculative fiction can be found in The Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Mesopotamian poem dating back to the 21st century BC.
- True History (circa 2nd century AD) Lucian of Samosata, a Greek satirist and author, wrote True History in the 2nd century AD. This work is often considered one of the earliest examples of science fiction, even integrating space travel.
- "Somnium" (1634) Written by Johannes Kepler, the renowned German mathematician and astronomer, Somnium is a groundbreaking work in early science fiction.
- "The Blazing World" (1666) Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, authored The Blazing World in 1666, making her one of the first female science fiction writers.
Aug 18, 2021 · In the Wayward Children series, Seanan McGuire reminds us that portals go both ways: What happens to those children who get booted back through the door into the real world, starry-eyed and...
Apr 19, 2024 · science fiction, a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. The term science fiction was popularized, if not invented, in the 1920s by one of the genre’s principal advocates, the American publisher Hugo Gernsback.
- Bruce Sterling
- Science fiction is a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals.
- The emergence of science fiction became most evident in the West, where the social transformations caused by the Industrial Revolution first led wr...
- The term science fiction was popularized, if not invented, in the 1920s by one of the genre’s principal advocates, the American publisher Hugo Gern...
- Science fiction gained popularity in the 1950s because developments in technology, such as nuclear energy and space exploration, coupled with the e...
- Science fiction differs from fantasy in that science fiction employs questions of scientific and technological plausibility while fantasy typically...
- Space colonization, on the Moon, Mars or space stations, is widely debated. Some argue humans have a moral duty to save our species from extinction...
Aug 9, 2022 · One of the earliest dystopian novels for young readers — and likely influenced by sci-fi greats such as Octavia E. Butler, whose Parable of the Sower came out the same year — The Giver went on to influence countless other futuristic societies.
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May 14, 2015 · The House of the Scorpion. by Nancy Farmer – 2012. 11 years and up. Matteo Alacrán was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, lord of a country called Opium—a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt’s first cell split and divided inside a petri dish.
