Science fiction is a genre of writing in which the author attempts to explain imagined events that may occur in the past, present or the future. These events are typically not possible in the time that the story is written, but are made to seem possible using scientific innovations. Science fiction often includes aliens, space travel, and advanced technologies that allow the introduction of unique characters, settings, and conflicts to the story. For example, a piece of science fiction is the movie, ET. ET falls under the category of science fiction because there is an alien that travels to Earth. He travels here in a spaceship from another planet and becomes stranded on Earth. Aliens often play a large part in science fiction stories.Commonly,
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In this story, Hall, Friendly, and a group of other scientists were conducting research on Planet Blue to see whether it was safe to inhabit. They soon realized that there were aliens that could pose as everyday items by changing form. The aliens would then wait until the humans mistook them for the item and then they would attack. Scared, the scientists decided to leave to go back to Earth and were eventually removed from the planet. This story is considered science fiction because it has an aliens that can mimic normal objects, long distance space travel, colonization of another planet, and advanced technology. As in many science fiction stories, the aliens in this story are used as a source of conflict.The conflict begins as an internal conflict. Lieutenant Friendly said, “... the whole planet’s harmless.” (Dick 433) This quote shows that the crew was under the assumption that there was nothing harmful on the planet. This caused problems once everyday objects began attacking because there was complete confusion. As Hall said,” This towel…. I got away by blasting it to particles. But here it is, back again…. Harmless.” (Dick 442) This explains the reason for the crew not finding any aliens. The aliens were posing as everyday objects in order to hunt the members of the crew which added to their fear. The fear of the unknown is a common theme used in these
In this story, Hall, Friendly, and a group of other scientists were conducting research on Planet Blue to see whether it was safe to inhabit. They soon realized that there were aliens that could pose as everyday items by changing form. The aliens would then wait until the humans mistook them for the item and then they would attack. Scared, the scientists decided to leave to go back to Earth and were eventually removed from the planet. This story is considered science fiction because it has an aliens that can mimic normal objects, long distance space travel, colonization of another planet, and advanced technology. As in many science fiction stories, the aliens in this story are used as a source of conflict.The conflict begins as an internal conflict. Lieutenant Friendly said, “... the whole planet’s harmless.” (Dick 433) This quote shows that the crew was under the assumption that there was nothing harmful on the planet. This caused problems once everyday objects began attacking because there was complete confusion. As Hall said,” This towel…. I got away by blasting it to particles. But here it is, back again…. Harmless.” (Dick 442) This explains the reason for the crew not finding any aliens. The aliens were posing as everyday objects in order to hunt the members of the crew which added to their fear. The fear of the unknown is a common theme used in these