What is Science Fiction?

 A setting in the future, in alternative

time lines, or in a historical past that
contradicts known facts of history or
the archeological record.
 A setting in outer space, on other
worlds, or involving aliens.
 Stories that involve technology or
scientific principles.
 Stories that involve discovery or
application of new scientific principles
or of new and different political or
social systems.

What do we consider in
selecting
Sci Fi books for kids?
Basic Consideration in choosing fiction for
children:
 well-rounded characters who develop
and change
 well-constructed plots
 well-described settings with internal
consistency
 style appropriate to the story

Criteria that specifically apply to Science

Fiction:
 appearance of scientific plausibility or
technical possibility
 hypotheses about the future of
mankind and the universe that portray
the world that young people will one
day inhabit
 feature characters who learn how to
adjust to change and to become new
people (something that adolescents go
through)

Classic Favorites
 Journey to the Center of the Earth
first sci-fi novel for adults
by Jules Verne (1864)
 Tom Swift and His Airship
first sci-fi novel for children
 by Victor Appleton (1910)
 A Wrinkle in Time
classic sci-fi novel for children
by Madeleine L’ Engle (1962)
 The Giver popular
futuristic fiction novel for children
by Lois Lowry (1993)

Trends
 Science Fiction conventions, clubs and
organizations
*Science fiction conventions are
gatherings of the community of science
fiction and fantasy fans. They often
hold panel-led discussions, costume
masquerades, award ceremonies, art
shows, readings, etc
*Sci Fi clubs or societies form a year-
round base of activities for science
fiction fans
Ex. World Science Fiction Society
(WSFS), Science Fiction and Fantasy
Writers of America (SFWA), Los
Angeles Science Fiction Society, and
New England Science Fiction
Association,

1. Fanzines – a fan club publication put

out by amateurs
ex. Ansible, File 770, Mimosa
2. Fan fiction - Goon stories by Walt
Willis, Orion's Arm and Galaxiki
3. Online forums and blogs– SF Lovers
community
 Science Fiction Awards
1. Hugo Award - given every year
(since 1955) for the best science
fiction or fantasy works and
achievements of the previous year
- presented by the WSFS at Worldcon
2. Nebula Award - given each year by
the SFWA for the best science
fiction/fantasy fiction published in the
United States during the two previous
years
- Andre Norton Award for Young Adult
Science Fiction and Fantasy
 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award’s
category for Futuristic Fiction – added in
2000, discontinued starting 2007
  Philippine Genre Stories

Issue: Science Fiction

vs. Science Fantasy

plausible is scientific
must have the explanation is
appearance of offered
Imaginative for
literature
scientific plausibility imaginative leaps
or into the
Persuades with elements of
technical
something impossiblereaders to mythology
could believe that
and traditional
happen based which is fantasy like magic
on real scientific contrary to
ex. Collidescope by
facts and principles reality Grace Chetwin
Unique setting Artemis Fowl by
Eoin
SCIENCE SCIENCE
FICTION FANTASY

Recommended Sci-Fi
Books
Foreign:
 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’
Engle
 The Giver by Lois Lowry
 The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert
Louis Stevenson
 This Place Has No Atmosphere by
Paula Danziger
 Alien Secrets by Anette Klause
 Cosmo and the Robot by Brian
Pinkney
 Lost in Cyberspace and The Great
Interactive Dream Machine by
Richard Peck
 The UFO Diary by Satoshi Kitamura
 The Host by Stephanie Meyer

Local:
 Zimbragatzees and the Planet Zing
by Rene O. Villanueva
 Si Inggolok at Ang Planetang
Pakaskas by Rene O. Villanueva
  Si Daginding: Ang Unang Daga Sa
Buwan by Roberto Alonzo
 The Field by Adel Gabot
 Ang Planetang Asul by Victoria
Anonuevo

Sources
Anderson, N. A. Elementary children's literature:
the basics for teachers and parents. Boston:
Allyn and Bacon, 2002
Tomlinson, C.M. Essentials of children's
literature. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2002.
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction

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