Science Fiction Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 9 Oct 2017
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Created byNathan GREEN
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Maddaddam
Author: Margaret Atwood
It follows a world about a
catastrophic genetic
engineering program.Neuromancer: Establishing "cyberspace"
Author: William Gibsom
Plot: Society is controlled by computersThe female man
Author: Joanna Russ
Focuses on 4 women in
parallel worlds showing
solidarity and fellowshipDo androids dream of electric sheep?
Author: Phillip K Dick
Blurs the lines between humans
and robots suggesting robots
could take medicine.Provenance
Author:Ann Leckie
Plot: It is all about the reconstruction
of sediments. It is about geology.The Blazing World
Author: Margaret Cavendish
Plot: A woman is kidnapped
and then she goes
somewhere elseFrankenstein
Author: Mary Shelley
Plot: This book tells the story
of a scientist Victor Frankenstein
creating a monsterGulliver's travels
Author: Jonathan Swift
Plot: The main character Lemuel
Gulliver goes travelling and encounters
lots of islands with odd inhabitantsTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea:
Exploration of the unknown
Author: Jules Verne
Plot: The main point is an exploration
sets out and it talks about amazing
submarines, which were in early development.Influential Dystopia
Author: Yegvany Zamyatin
This book is about men and women
who live in a glass dome and are
watched by the governmentThe Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy
Author: Douglas Adams
Plot: Describes life across the Universe,
including rebellious technologies, time
travel and galactic catastrophes.The Left Hand of Darkness:
A breakthrough for female authors
Author: Ursula K Le Guin
Plot: It talks about the assumption
of gender and how they choose a
gender every month
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