What is Science Fiction?
Science Fiction is a type of story that is based on imagined future science or technology. It
often shows things like space travel, robots, new inventions, or life on other planets.
2. Common Settings
● The future
● Space or other planets
● A world after a disaster
● A world with new technology
3. Key Features
● New Technology – robots, time machines, spaceships
● Science Ideas – based on real or imagined science
● Other Worlds or Creatures – aliens, future humans
● Big Questions – about the future, the Earth, or people
● Problems in Society – like too much control or pollution
4. Common Themes
● Good and bad sides of technology
● Controlling governments (dystopian )
● What it means to be human
● Saving or destroying the Earth
● Meeting aliens or going to space
5. Characters
● Scientists or inventors
● Robots or machines
● Aliens or strange creatures
● Heroes fighting against bad systems
6. Examples
● Books: The Hunger Games, Ender’s Game
● Stories: There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
● Movies: Wall-E, Interstellar, The Matrix