Classic Science Fiction Novels

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1. 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'? Animal Farm 1984 Brave New World Life During Wartime

2. 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? The Inverted World The World of Null-A Brave New World The Last and First Men

3. 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? Brave New World Time Out of Joint A Clockwork Orange Camp Concentration

4. 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? Glen or Glenda The Female Man The Left Hand of Darkness The Dispossessed

5. 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? Earth Abides Dune The Stand The Way Station

6. 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? Neuromancer The Puppet Masters The Centauri Device Fantastic Voyage

7. What is the title of a 1968 John Brunner novel about overpopulation? Stand On Zanzibar The Stand Make Room! Make Room! Shockwave Rider

8. 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? The Car That Ate Paris The Demolished Man The Soft Machine Crash

9. What is the name of the classic J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy trilogy featuring Bilbo Baggins, Frodo, and Gandalf? The Lord of the Rings The Book of the New Sun The Lord of Light The Foundation Trilogy

10. What is the title of the 1951 Ray Bradbury novel about a fireman whose job is to burn books? Fahrenheit 451 Holy Fire Firestarter 1984

11. 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'? Stranger in a Strange Land The Stranger The Stars My Destination Rendezvous with Rama

12. 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? The Man in the High Castle The Time Machine The Doomsday Book No Enemy But Time

13. 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? Lord of Light Rendezvous with Rama Siddhartha Starship and Haiku

14. 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? Flowers for Algernon The Alteration Charly Babel-17

15. What is the title of the 1959 Pat Frank novel about a small Florida town which survived a nuclear war? Earth Abides Alas, Babylon Year of the Quiet Sun Dr. Strangelove

16. 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? Lord of Light The Sheep Look Up The Crucifixion Behold the Man

17. 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? Blade Runner Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Man Plus Stranger in a Strange Land

18. 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? The Dispossessed Soylent Green Make Room! Make Room! To Serve Mankind

19. 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? The Wanderer Michaelmas Earth Abides A Canticle for Leibowitz

20. What is the title of the 1953 Arthur C. Clarke novel in which extraterrestrial 'Overlords' invade and conquer the Earth? Childhood's End Miracle Visitors 2001: A Space Odyssey Downward to the Earth

21. What is the title of the 1969 Norman Spinrad novel in which a former Berkeley radical became a brash television talk show host? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Bug Jack Barron A Mirror for Observers The Muller Fokker Effect

22. What is the title of the 1984 William Gibson cyberpunk novel set in a world of global computer networks and virtual reality? Necromancer The Silicon Dagger The Space Merchants Neuromancer

23. What is the title of the 1969 Kurt Vonnegut novel which tells the story of Billy Pilgrim who survived the bombing of Dresden? Slaughterhouse-Five The Stand Cat's Cradle Breakfast of Champions

24. 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? The Female Man The Alteration Childhood's End High-Rise

25. What is the title of the 1980 Gregory Benford novel about an attempt to change history through the transmission of tachyonic messages through time? Tau Zero The Inverted World The Einstein Intersection Timescape