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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Dashner Download # 8: Who Is Your Favorite Character You've Ever Written?

9th - 10th
This site shares insights from the author of the Maze Runner and Mortality Doctrine series, James Dashner. In this interview, he discusses the favorite characters that he has written.
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Other

Youtube: Jules Verne Predictions

9th - 10th
This newsreel footage discusses the inventions that were foreshadowed in the writings of science fiction author Jules Verne. [1:57]
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Crash Course

Crash Course Literature #406: The Parable of the Sower

9th - 10th
In this episode, John talks about the near-future dystopia in Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Sower tells the story of Lauren Oya Olamina, and her life growing up in a post-climate change, semi-lawless America. It's...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Why Sci Fi Is a Mirror on Society

9th - 10th
While science fiction is associated with Mars, robots, and cyberpunk, its origin story is shaped throughout several centuries. Check out the origin of science fiction with Lindsay Ellis in this video. [6:09]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Moon Movie

9th - 10th
We talk with director Duncan Jones about his recent science fiction movie 'Moon.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Science Fiction Technology

9th - 10th
How do filmmakers create the visions of technology that fill science fiction films?
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Video Pick: Mark Twain"s Scary Sci Fi

9th - 10th
A look at the pioneering science fiction of Mark Twain?
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

9th - 10th
This video is a book trailer for The Scorch Trials, the second book in The Maze Runner Trilogy. Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn't done yet. Phase Two has just begun....
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: The Book Club Catches 'The Andromeda Strain'

9th - 10th
The Science Friday book club chats about Michael Crichton's 1969 classic sci-fi thriller.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Science Goes to the Movies: 'Transcendence'

9th - 10th
SciFri's scientist-film critics weigh in on the science behind the Hollywood techno-thriller Transcendence.