STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
(1) | What images spring to mind when you hear the words ‘science fiction’? |
(2) | What is science fiction? |
(3) | What science fiction from the past is science truth today? |
(4) | Why do people find science fiction so fascinating? |
(5) | What is the best science fiction movie ever? |
(6) | What things from science fiction do you think will never come true? |
(7) | Would you like to be transported into a future science fiction world? |
(8) | Do you think Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings of helicopters and flying machines was science fiction of the 15th Century? |
(9) | Are science fiction writers quality writers? |
(10) | Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry said: "Science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects." Do you agree? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
(1) | Do you like science fiction books or movies? |
(2) | With our computers, mobile phones and satellite navigation, etc, do you feel we’re living in an age of science fiction? |
(3) | Is science fiction just for teenage boys? |
(4) | Who is the greatest ever science fiction character? |
(5) | Who is the scariest ever science fiction character? |
(6) | If you wrote a sci-fi book, what would you write it on? |
(7) | Do you think living on Mars is pure science fiction? |
(8) | Do science fiction writers need to know a lot about science? |
(9) | Which science fiction character would you like to be? |
(10) | Sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke said: "Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories." What do you think he meant by this? Do you agree? |