Aug 4 2015SaveBooks8/4/15Books8/4/15The Victorian Hugos: 1893 Was to Books What 1977 Was to MoviesJess Nevins10SaveScience fiction books in 1893 are where science fiction film was in 1977. In both cases, the genre was... perhaps…
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Aug 4 2013Save8/4/137 Real Natural Events that Inspired Works of Science FictionLauren Davis55SaveScience fiction is filled with tales that pit humanity against the natural world: earthquakes, meteor strikes,…
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