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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    What year did the sci-fi book "Grey Lensman" come out?

    • A.

      1956

    • B.

      1967

    • C.

      1985

    • D.

      1951

    Correct Answer
    D. 1951
  • 2. 

    What year was "The Postman" published?

    • A.

      1950

    • B.

      1984

    • C.

      1985

    • D.

      1977

    Correct Answer
    C. 1985
  • 3. 

    What year did the sci-fi book "The Puppet Masters" come out?

    • A.

      1962

    • B.

      1983

    • C.

      1951

    • D.

      1971

    Correct Answer
    C. 1951
  • 4. 

    What year was "Tau Zero" published?

    • A.

      1967

    • B.

      1964

    • C.

      1983

    • D.

      1970

    Correct Answer
    D. 1970
  • 5. 

    What year did the sci-fi book "Earthman, Come Home" come out?

    • A.

      1970

    • B.

      1969

    • C.

      1955

    • D.

      1972

    Correct Answer
    C. 1955
  • 6. 

    What year was "The Past Through Tomorrow" published?

    • A.

      1967

    • B.

      1953

    • C.

      1984

    • D.

      1959

    Correct Answer
    A. 1967
  • 7. 

    What year did the sci-fi book "Double Star" come out?

    • A.

      1956

    • B.

      1959

    • C.

      1970

    • D.

      1985

    Correct Answer
    A. 1956
  • 8. 

    What year was "Eon" published?

    • A.

      1977

    • B.

      1992

    • C.

      1953

    • D.

      1985

    Correct Answer
    D. 1985
  • 9. 

    Who wrote the 1969 novel "The Left Hand of Darkness"?

    • A.

      Edgar Rice Burroughs

    • B.

      Frederik Pohl

    • C.

      Lois McMaster Bujold

    • D.

      Ursula K. Le Guin

    Correct Answer
    D. Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 10. 

    Who wrote the book "The Forever War"?

    • A.

      Joe Haldeman

    • B.

      John Wyndham

    • C.

      Frederik Pohl

    • D.

      Robert A Heinlein

    Correct Answer
    A. Joe Haldeman
  • 11. 

    Who wrote the sci-fi book "The Demolished Man"?

    • A.

      Robert A. Heinlein

    • B.

      George R. Stewart

    • C.

      Arthur C. Clarke

    • D.

      Alfred Bester

    Correct Answer
    D. Alfred Bester
  • 12. 

    The book "Snow Crash" was written by whom?

    • A.

      Poul Anderson

    • B.

      Connie Willis

    • C.

      Orson Scott

    • D.

      Neal Stephenson

    Correct Answer
    D. Neal StepHenson
  • 13. 

    Who wrote the sci-fi book "Stand on Zanzibar"?

    • A.

      Dan Simmons

    • B.

      Poul Anderson

    • C.

      John Brunner

    • D.

      Aldous Huxley

    Correct Answer
    C. John Brunner
  • 14. 

    Who wrote the sci-fi book "A Fire Upon the Deep"?

    • A.

      Arthur C Clarke

    • B.

      Vernor Vinge

    • C.

      Ursula K Le Guin

    • D.

      Ray Bradbury

    Correct Answer
    B. Vernor Vinge
  • 15. 

    The book "Way Station" was written by whom?

    • A.

      Clifford Simak

    • B.

      Arthur C Clarke

    • C.

      Kurt Vonnegut

    • D.

      Isaac Asimov

    Correct Answer
    A. Clifford Simak
  • 16. 

    Who wrote the sci-fi book "Timescape"?

    • A.

      Aldous Huxley

    • B.

      Edgar Rice Burroughs

    • C.

      Gregory Benford

    • D.

      Ursula K Le Guin

    Correct Answer
    C. Gregory Benford

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