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| What is the title of the 1980 Gregory Benford novel about an attempt to change history through the transmission of tachyonic messages through time? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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| What is the title of the 1976 Kingsley Amis alternative history novel set in modern Europe about a boy singer facing surgery to preserve his soprano voice? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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| What is the title of the 1969 Kurt Vonnegut novel which tells the story of Billy Pilgrim who survived the bombing of Dresden? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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| What is the title of the 1984 William Gibson cyberpunk novel set in a world of global computer networks and virtual reality? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Neuromancer. 'Necromancer' was written by Gordon Dickson in 1962 and the title of Gibson's book is most likely a modification of the title of that classic work.
| What is the title of the 1969 Norman Spinrad novel in which a former Berkeley radical became a brash television talk show host? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Bug Jack Barron. 'Bug Jack Barron' is a foreshadowing of 'Geraldo Rivera' and 'Jerry Springer' written in a time when television news was journalism.
| What is the title of the 1953 Arthur C. Clarke novel in which extraterrestrial 'Overlords' invade and conquer the Earth? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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| What is the title of the 1960 Walter M. Miller novel set in the Dark Ages 600 years after a 20th century nuclear holocaust in which the Order of Leibowitz is trying to preserve mankind's knowledge? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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A Canticle for Leibowitz. No movie plans are in the works for 'A Canticle For Leibowitz'. No exploding space ships, whimsical aliens, or menacing monsters.
| What is the title of the 1966 Harry Harrison novel about overpopulation which was the basis for the 1973 film 'Soylent Green' starring Charlton Heston? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Make Room! Make Room!. 'Make Room! Make Room!' was the title of the book on which the movie 'Soylent Green' was loosely based. The movie is best known for the classic line by Charleton Heston, 'Soylent Green is People'!
| In 1966 Philip K. Dick wrote a novel about a near future Los Angeles in which a detective tracks down androids known as replicants. What is the title of this book which was the basis for a movie directed by Ridley Scott starring Harrison Ford? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Although the movie was called 'Blade Runner', the book on which it was based had the cumbersome title of 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep'.
| What is the title of the 1969 Michael Moorcock novel about a twentieth century time traveller who goes to ancient Palestine looking for Jesus Christ and is mistaken for the Messiah himself? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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| What is the title of the 1966 Daniel Keyes novel about a retarded man who underwent an experimental treatment in which he was temporarily transformed into a genius? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Flowers for Algernon. Cliff Robertson starred in a film based on the book that was called 'Charly'.
| What is the title of the 1967 Roger Zelazny novel about humans on a colony planet who used the indigenous technology to give themselves the immortality and other god-like qualities of the gods of Hinduism? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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| What is the title of the 1962 Philip K. Dick alternative history novel about life in California after a version of World War II in which the Axis powers of Germany, Japan, and Italy were victorious? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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The Man in the High Castle.
| What is the title of the 1961 Robert Heinlein novel in which Valentine Michael Smith, a human raised on Mars, returns to Earth armed with special powers and teaches people the meaning of 'grok'? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Stranger in a Strange Land. 'The Stranger' was written by Albert Camus, an existentialist who did not write science fiction.
The Lord of the Rings. Those of you who were alive in the sixties may remember the slogan 'Frodo Lives'.
| In 1973 J.G. Ballard wrote a novel about a subculture of people who become sexually aroused by automobile accidents and recreate car crashes involving celebrities. What is the title of this novel which was made into a movie starring James Spader and directed by David Cronenberg? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Crash. The theatrical release of 'Crash' was given an NC-17 rating.
| What is the title of the 1966 Isaac Asimov novel in which a medical team is placed in a submarine, miniaturized, and injected into the body of a patient? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Fantastic Voyage. 'Fantastic Voyage' was actually a novelization of the film starring Raquel Welch.
| In 1965 Frank Herbert wrote a novel set on the desert planet of Arrakis inhabited by giant sandworms. What is the title of this novel which was made into a much maligned film by David Lynch? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Dune. 'Dune' won the Hugo award for best science fiction novel in 1966. 'Dune', the motion picture, did not win anyone's best picture award.
| In a 1969 Ursula LeGuin novel an ethnologist visits a planet with a usually neuter population. Individuals randomly become either male or female at the peak of a periodic sexual cycle. What is the title of this Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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The Left Hand of Darkness. We're still waiting for the movie version of 'The Left Hand Of Darkness'. 'Glen or Glenda' was a movie by the schlockmeister himself, Ed Wood, who is best known as the director of 'Plan 9 From Outer Space'.
| What is the title of the 1962 Anthony Burgess novel in which a Beethoven-loving juvenile delinquent convicted of murder is programmed to find both violence and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony physically repulsive? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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A Clockwork Orange. 'A Clockwork Orange' was made into an outstanding film in 1971 by Stanley Kubrick starring Malcolm McDowell. The film was re-released in theatres in London in the spring of 2000.
| What is the title of the 1932 Aldous Huxley novel in which the psychedelic drug 'soma' is used to pacify the citizens and people are divided into the castes Alpha through Epsilon based on their genetic make-up? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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Brave New World. Although Aldous Huxley was not primarily a writer of science fiction, 'Brave New World' is probably his best known work.
| What is the title of the 1949 George Orwell novel which told of life in a totalitarian state dominated by 'Big Brother', 'Newspeak', and the 'Two Minute Hate'? | Classic Science Fiction Novels
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1984. George Orwell's "1984" was mostly written during 1948 and was first published in 1949. George Orwell also wrote 'Animal Farm' which was a parable about Communism.
| In Douglas Adams's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", what is said to be the most important item for a galactic hitchhiker to have? | Sci-Fi quiz #1
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towel. A most entertaining book full of improbability drives, intelligent dolphins, and a giant computer that calculates the meaning of the universe as being the number 42.
| What is the machine in Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" series that allows instantaneous communication? | Sci-Fi quiz #1
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Ansible. The ansible is what could be considered an interstellar fax machine, It uses a network of fictional strings called philotes or rather philotic connections. These strings are naturally occuring and are strung from every point in the galaxy to every other point.
| In Michael Crichton's "The Lost World", what is the name of the dinosaurs that can blend perfectly into the background? | Sci-Fi quiz #1
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Carnosaurs. Like chameleons of today, these fictional carnosaurs were able to perfectly blend into the background. This would include chain link fencing and foliage.
| In Arthur C. Clarke's book "The Hammer of God", what is the name of the ship that docks and later deflects the asteroid away from Earth? | Sci-Fi quiz #1
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Goliath. Arthur C. Clarke is known by some people as a scientific prophet. Repeatedly in his books he has written of things that were later invented or discovered. This includes the description of Jupiter and its moons in 2010, and the orbital satellite communication system we take for granted today.
Karel Capek. Most people might have heard somewhere that Asimov created the word Robot, but in truth playwright Capek did. It stems from the Czech word for serf or forced labor. Isaac Asimov did create the Three Laws of Robotics, which described how robots must function in his novels' universe.
| What is the name of the Philip K. Dick book that the movie "Blade Runner" was based on? | Sci-Fi quiz #1
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Most of you who did not know this book would probably recognize the movie that is based on it, "Blade Runner", starring Harrison Ford.
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