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

    • 1956
    • 1967
    • 1985
    • 1951
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  • 2. 

    What year was "The Postman" published?

    • 1950

    • 1984

    • 1985

    • 1977

    Correct Answer
    A. 1985
  • 3. 

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

    • Edgar Rice Burroughs

    • Frederik Pohl

    • Lois McMaster Bujold

    • Ursula K. Le Guin

    Correct Answer
    A. Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 4. 

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

    • Arthur C Clarke

    • Vernor Vinge

    • Ursula K Le Guin

    • Ray Bradbury

    Correct Answer
    A. Vernor Vinge
  • 5. 

    What year was "Eon" published?

    • 1977

    • 1992

    • 1953

    • 1985

    Correct Answer
    A. 1985
  • 6. 

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

    • Robert A. Heinlein

    • George R. Stewart

    • Arthur C. Clarke

    • Alfred Bester

    Correct Answer
    A. Alfred Bester
  • 7. 

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

    • 1962

    • 1983

    • 1951

    • 1971

    Correct Answer
    A. 1951
  • 8. 

    Who wrote the sci-fi book "Timescape"?

    • Aldous Huxley

    • Edgar Rice Burroughs

    • Gregory Benford

    • Ursula K Le Guin

    Correct Answer
    A. Gregory Benford
  • 9. 

    What year was "Tau Zero" published?

    • 1967

    • 1964

    • 1983

    • 1970

    Correct Answer
    A. 1970
  • 10. 

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

    • 1970

    • 1969

    • 1955

    • 1972

    Correct Answer
    A. 1955
  • 11. 

    What year was "The Past Through Tomorrow" published?

    • 1967

    • 1953

    • 1984

    • 1959

    Correct Answer
    A. 1967
  • 12. 

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

    • 1956

    • 1959

    • 1970

    • 1985

    Correct Answer
    A. 1956
  • 13. 

    Who wrote the book "The Forever War"?

    • Joe Haldeman

    • John Wyndham

    • Frederik Pohl

    • Robert A Heinlein

    Correct Answer
    A. Joe Haldeman
  • 14. 

    The book "Snow Crash" was written by whom?

    • Poul Anderson

    • Connie Willis

    • Orson Scott

    • Neal Stephenson

    Correct Answer
    A. Neal Stephenson
  • 15. 

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

    • Dan Simmons

    • Poul Anderson

    • John Brunner

    • Aldous Huxley

    Correct Answer
    A. John Brunner
  • 16. 

    The book "Way Station" was written by whom?

    • Clifford Simak

    • Arthur C Clarke

    • Kurt Vonnegut

    • Isaac Asimov

    Correct Answer
    A. Clifford Simak

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