Year 10 - Intergalactic Warfare
Science fiction is fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals, or more generally, literary fantasy including a scientific factor as an essential orienting component.
Precursors of the genre include Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726). From its beginnings in the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, it emerged as a self-conscious genre in the pulp magazine Amazing Stories, founded in 1926. It came into its own as serious fiction in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction in the late 1930s and in works by such writers as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert Heinlein. A great boom in popularity followed World War II, when numerous writers’ approaches included predictions of future societies on Earth, analyses of the consequences of interstellar travel, and imaginative explorations of intelligent life in other worlds. Much recent fiction has been written in the “cyberpunk” genre, which deals with the effects of computers and artificial intelligence on anarchic future societies. Radio, film, and television have reinforced the popularity of the genre.
AvatarReturn to Pandora! A reluctant hero. An epic journey. A choice between the life he left behind and the incredible new world he's learned to call home. Return to James Cameron's AVATAR - the greatest adventure of all time.
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The War of the WorldsThe War of the Worlds tells the story of a Martian invasion of Earth with thousands of tripod machines descending upon our planet focused on annihilating the human race. Time is running out as mankind battles to stay alive...
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Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes tells the story of an astronaut's crash-landing on a planet ruled by apes, where the humans are the ones kept in cages. In Tim Burton's 2001 remake, Mark Wahlberg plays Captain Leo Davidson, who is the man on the run trying to escape back to Earth...
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Room 101 2050
Earth is becoming increasingly inhospitable, and mankind has developed a programme to relocate to Mars and you are to state your claim for one aspect of human life to be banished to Room 101 - a place where items that are no longer wanted by society can be placed to be forgotten forever!
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