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Author Theodore Sturgeon once said that "A science fiction story is a story about human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content," and science fiction is based at least in part on science and not magic. American...

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Published inCanadian Children's Book news Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 14 - 17
Main Author Seigel, Rachel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto Canadian Children's Book Centre 01.10.2022
Subjects
Canadian literature
Children & youth
Childrens literature
Earth
Fantasy
Genre
Novels
Renaissance period
Robots
Science fiction & fantasy
Speculative fiction
Young adults
Canada
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Summary:Author Theodore Sturgeon once said that "A science fiction story is a story about human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content," and science fiction is based at least in part on science and not magic. American novelist Robert A. Heinlein's 1947 novel Rocket Ship Galileo is also credited with being the first sci-fi novel written specifically for youth. The series tackled racism, religious belief, technology, and other social issues while using the setting of an Earth colony on a planet that circled a star in the Milky Way galaxy. According to Puerto Rican sci-fi author Ingmar Albizu's speculative fiction blog Speculative Tertulia, robots and androids are second in popularity only to aliens, and often become characters in their stories.
ISSN:1705-7809