1 What is science fiction 2 What makes

1. What is science fiction? 2. What makes science fiction different from fantasy or other sorts of fiction plots? 3. How do you imagine an idealistic sci-fi story? 4. . . and a realistic one? Can sci-fi be realistic? 5. Were the plots of the sci-fi books you read mostly idealistic or realistic? 6. What sci-fi books and authors do you know? 7. What is a secret of a good sci-fi book?

To dabble To undertake something superficially or without serious intent (as a hobby)

Squabble – a petty (small) fight

Resolute - firmly set in purpose or opinion; determined

thirst

Beset – to surround, attack from all sides, trouble constantly

Sprawl – grow uncontrollably, irregularly

Bigotry – narrow-mindedness, prejudice

Dystopia – anti-utopia

Dollop - a portion of something soft, which is measured by a spoon or a ladle

1. What future, do you think, awaits us as a race? 2. What influence do positive (idealistic) and negative (cynical) fiction make on the people that watch it? 3. Does the age pick its heroes, or the heroes pave their age? 4. Does the science fiction inspire people to create something new? 5. What inventions do you know that have been realized from books? 6. What do you think should be changed so that the fiction once again becomes positive? 7. Have you ever tried to write fiction? What type was it?

Modern inventions that were inspired by sci-fi Flip-phone - Star Trek

Taser - Jules Verne

Tablet computer – Star Trek

Universal Translators – Star Trek

Holographic communication – Star wars

Cleaning robots – i. Asimov

Floppy disks and other means to save data (USB flash) - Star Trek

GPS (Global Positioning System) - Star Trek

Diagnostic Bed – Star Trek

Earbuds - Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

Helicopter - Jules Verne

liquid-fueled rocket – Herbert G. Wells

reversible tractor beam – E. E. Smith

Internet - Mark Twain

What ideas from the sci-fi would you like to be invented and applied in the real life?