The Rockets Ride Into Sci-Fi Literature!

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1. Isaac Asimov has written books over the course of five decades. Born in Russia in 1920, he is known for over 500 books. One of his collections was based on a character named Norby. Who or what was Norby? a space dog a robot an astronaut a stowaway boy on a spaceship

2. Who was the author of the 1954 novel "Kings of Space"? H. G. Wells Jack Cady Ray Bradbury Captain W. E. Johns

3. One of Arthur C. Clark’s best known works is "Rendezvous With Rama." He also wrote several sequels to this story. With whom did he collaborate to write the sequels? Frederick Pohl Gentry Lee Mike McQuay Larry Niven

4. What happens at Fahrenheit 451? The polar icecaps melt Computers burn Book paper catches fire and burns Clocks stop

5. "A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have" what sci-fi novel/series is this quotation from? So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish Life The Universe and Everything Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

6. Robert A. Heinlein’s first published novel was about three young men and a physicist who build a craft to fly to the moon. What was the name of this 1947 book? Rocket Ship Galileo The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Starship Troopers Have Spacesuit, Will Travel

7. What novel was totally written on the computer and sent over the internet to the publisher? "2010:Odyssey Two" by Arthur C. Clark "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury "Battlefield Earth" by L Ron Hubbard "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne

8. In the Star Wars universe book "I, Jedi", what is the name of the main hero? Luke Skywalker Corran Horn Wedge Antilles Ooryl Qrygg

9. What Philip K. Dick novel was the basis for the 1982 film "Bladerunner"? We Can Remember It For You Wholesale A Scanner Darkly Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? Flow My Tears,The Policeman Said

10. What is the name of the 5th Horse Horseman of the Apocralypse who is reunited with the other four in Terry Pratchett's "Thief of Time"? Pestilence Kaos Death Ineptitude

11. Which sci-fi novel has a character named Valentine Michael Smith? Foundation and Empire Stranger in a Strange Land A Canticle for Leibowitz A Pebble In the Sky

12. In Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", who has the Question corresponding to the answer "42" implanted in his brain? Slartibartfast Ford Prefect Arthur Dent Zaphod Beeblebrox

13. In the book "World War Z", where does the main turning point in the war occur? United States Japan China South Africa

14. In "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein, what is the name of the revolutionary leader who really was a computer? Bernardo LaPaz Adam Selene Wyoming Knot Ralph Abercrombie

15. "Dune": What spice found on the desert planet of Arrakis is a valuable resource to the galactic empire? gesserit melange haderach arrakite