Quiz: How Well Do You Know Sci-Fi Books?

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This season of One Book, One Chicago, we’ve explored the world of science fiction and the theme Imagine the Future through the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the golden age of science fiction in the 1930s and 1940s to contemporary authors, science fiction has captured the imaginations of readers for generations. How well do you know science fiction books? Take our quiz and find out!

Which classic book is considered by many to be the first science fiction novel?
In H.G. Wells’ classic novel The War of the Worlds, Earth is invaded by creatures from where?
Which of these feminist classics is NOT science fiction?
Which of these authors is considered to be part of the golden age of science fiction, as written about in Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee?
Which of these authors made history by becoming the first person to win three consecutive Hugo Awards?
Which of these sci-fi authors never lived in Illinois?
Which one of these books was self-published before hitting it big?
Which one of these first-in-the-series books has the most sequels?
Which Hugo Award-winning book was translated from Chinese?
Which Ursula K. Le Guin novel won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards?
Who is the first science fiction author to win a MacArthur Genius Grant?
What do the books Black Panther: World of Wakanda, Nimona and Saga have in common?
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