Science Fiction as Science Fact

What invention did the science fiction author Isaac Asimov predict?

How would you explain the difference (contrast) the study of science to science fiction?

In 1865, science fiction author Jules Verne predicted what?

American authors Mark Twain AND Douglas Adams both predicted what technological invention?

• phone lines

• cellular phones

• the internet

• tablets

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Arthur C. Clark

,

(b) Hugo

,

(c) Robert Heinlin

,

(d) Ray Bradbury

• screensavers

• satellites

• headphones or ear buds

• flat screen tv

• radar

What are some technologies that H.G. Wells predicted in his writing to earn him the title , "the man who invented tomorrow"?

What background to many of the best science fiction writers share?