1.6 (Key Terms) Flashcards
1
Q
Space Opera
A
- intergalactic travel adventures
- many interesting characters
2
Q
Golden Age of SF
A
- 1930s to late 1940s
- SF got lots of public attention
- any stories were published
- future history of humanity is explored
3
Q
Technoscience
A
Gernsback’s term that emphasizes fiction that is defined gadgetry and the future
4
Q
Gernsback Era
A
when Space Opera becomes a new
subgenre
4
Q
Amazing Stories
A
- Hugo Gernsback’s magazine from 1920s on that popularizes SF
- the dates of the SF Pulp Era are 1920s - 1950s.
5
Q
Megatext
A
shared ideas about certain tropes elements in SF that are shared across texts and across different
