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Question
Have you read novels or short stories about life on other planets? What is this type of writing called?
Read the following extract from a letter received by someone on Earth from another planet.
Planet Aurigae II
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Dear Pen Pal, When I received your letter from the interstellar correspondence club, my first impulse was to ignore it. However, your description of Earth sounds exciting. I would like to live there for a while, and I have... |
- What does the letter suggest about its writer?
- What do you think may happen between the writer and Pen Pal?
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Solution
Yes. I have read the novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley This type of writing is called ‘Science Fiction’.
- The letter suggests that the writer is a living being of a planet other than the earth. This planet is in the galaxy This living being does not know anything about the Earth, its inhabitants, etc.
- I think that there may develop a ‘friendship’ between the writer and Pen Pal.
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Now find out what happens, in this exciting Science Fiction story. The letter to Pen Pal continues.....
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a... suggestion in this connection, but I won’t mention it till I have developed it further. I must introduce myself. I am a scientist on the Planet Aurigae* II. We have known for some centuries that there are other inhabited planets in the galaxy. Since I am allowed to experiment in my spare time, I have been amusing myself at communication with those planets. In fact, I have developed systems for intercepting communications between the planets in our galaxy, and have been able to draw your letter from the interstellar correspondence club. You will have noticed the material on which this letter is written. It is a highly sensitive metal, very thin, very flexible, and I have enclosed several sheets of it for your use. Tungsten dipped in any strong acid makes an excellent mark on it. It is important to me that you write on it, as my fingers are too hot-literally-to hold your paper without damaging it. This is because the temperature on Aurigae II is more than 250 degrees Celsius. This must seem extremely hot to you, but (unlike you) we are not a hydrocarbon form of life, and we find 250 degrees Celsius very pleasant. I’ll say no more now. But before I close, I must tell you that I am a prisoner in the Aurigae jail. If you are still interested in writing to me, I shall be happy to continue the correspondence. Skander |
pronounced “Our-ee-guy”
- What does “a hydrocarbon form of life” mean?
- What would a non-hydrocarbon form of life look like?
- Why do you think Skander is in prison?
Now find out what happens, in this exciting Science Fiction story. The letter to Pen Pal continues…
What would a non-hydrocarbon form of life look like ?
Now find out what happens, in this exciting Science Fiction story. The letter to Pen Pal continues…
Why cannot Skander hold ordinary paper {from Earth) ?
Writing a science fiction story: Do you think life exists on other planets?
If there is life on other planets, what would these aliens look like? Draw your idea of an alien in the box.
Write a story about the alien (s) you drew.
Before you write your story, you must think about
- The setting
- The characters
- The plot
