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lb_gilbert

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An excellent source to help teachers identify outstanding science fiction books is the annual best books list published in
 
  a. the April issue of Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) magazine which features fantasy and horror as well as science fiction and contains excerpts from the reviews of highly rated titles that were published in VOYA in the previous year (June to April).
  b. Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field (magazine) and Locus online which features the comprehensive Locus index to science fiction awards.
  c. The Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase which indicates sources of reviews and contains information on both published and forthcoming books.
  d. Suzanne Elizabeth Reid's (1998) Presenting Young Adult Science Fiction which provides the historical background of science fiction as well as individual chapters on authors such as Orson Scott Card and Octavia Butler.

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Interest in speculative fiction has been spurred by the continued success of
 
  a. the popularity of horror movies in which writers and producers take the most advantage of sensationalism.
  b. the focus on time and space travel, e.g., Best Alternative History Stories of the 20th Century.
  c. series books and movies such as the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings fantasy books and movies, the new Star Wars movies and the X-Men films with accompanying books among others.
  d. graphic novels which focus on the edges of science fiction and fantasy.



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duy1981999

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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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lb_gilbert

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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