80 Science Fiction Literature Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the AI that hires the protagonist in 'Neuromancer'?
Answer
Wintermute
Who wrote 'The Dispossessed'?
Answer
Ursula K. Le Guin
Who wrote the novel 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'?
Answer
Walter M. Miller Jr.
Which novel by Philip K. Dick was adapted into the film 'Blade Runner'?
Answer
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
What is the name of the planet in Stanislaw Lem's 'Solaris'?
Answer
Solaris
Which author coined the term 'cyberspace'?
Answer
William Gibson
Who wrote 'The Day of the Triffids'?
Answer
John Wyndham
Which novel by Robert A. Heinlein introduced the term 'grok'?
Answer
Stranger in a Strange Land
What is the name of the supercomputer that gives the answer 42?
Answer
Deep Thought
What are the walking plants in 'The Day of the Triffids' called?
Answer
Triffids
What is the name of the AI in the film '2001: A Space Odyssey'?
Answer
HAL 9000
Who wrote the 'Foundation' series?
Answer
Isaac Asimov
What is the name of the order of monks in Walter M. Miller Jr.'s 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'?
Answer
Albertian Order of Leibowitz
What are the fearsome creatures in Dan Simmons's 'Hyperion' called?
Answer
The Shrike
What is the name of the alien species in 'The Forever War'?
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Taurans
In what novel by Ursula K. Le Guin does the ansible first appear?
Answer
Rocannon's World
Which author wrote the novel 'The Martian'?
Answer
Andy Weir
Who wrote 'Brave New World'?
Answer
Aldous Huxley
Who authored 'Ender's Game'?
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Orson Scott Card
Who wrote 'The War of the Worlds'?
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H. G. Wells
Who wrote the dystopian novel '1984'?
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George Orwell