SCIENCE FICTION THE TIMELESS FRONTIER.

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SCIENCE FICTION THE TIMELESS FRONTIER

What actually is the genre of science fiction?

Super-Powered heroes with secret identities?

icons of Mythological origin?

recognizable people in strange lands?

Exotic Alien Landscapes?

the Horrors of nature’s dominance?

The unknown…or the truth?

When did the genre first appear?

Why did the genre appear?

How does it continue to change?

What relevance does it have to contemporary society?

What are the dangers of enhancing and misusing technology?

What is man’s chief fear of technology?

On Which scientific principles is time travel based?

What flaws are innate to time travel?

How has it influenced pop culture?

What is science fiction? based on current science or technology alternate settings (time and place) new scientific principles and ideas political and social parallels distant civilizations (ancient and future) broad spectrum of mythological, speculative, fantasy, horror, supernatural, etc…

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