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What’s New in Sci Fi and Fantasy Literature?

What’s New in Sci Fi and Fantasy Literature?. Joy Huddlestun Macedonia Elementary School Cherokee County, Georgia. The Sci Fi and Fantasy genres have exploded!. Dragon*Con. Hogwarts Contingent. What is fantasy?. Fiction that contains supernatural elements. Fantasy at Dragon*Con.

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What’s New in Sci Fi and Fantasy Literature?

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  1. What’s New in SciFi and Fantasy Literature? Joy Huddlestun Macedonia Elementary School Cherokee County, Georgia

  2. The SciFi and Fantasy genres have exploded!

  3. Dragon*Con Hogwarts Contingent

  4. What is fantasy? • Fiction that contains supernatural elements

  5. Fantasy at Dragon*Con Molly Weasley Gandalf Mad-Eye Moody

  6. NEW FANTASY –

  7. Fantasy at Dragon*Con Bellatrix LaStrange Lucius Malfoy and Professor Dolores Umbridge Professor Snape and a Hufflepuff student

  8. NEW FANTASY –

  9. Fantasy at Dragon*Con Professor Umbridge torturing – I mean tutoring – the Weasley twins Professors McGonagall and Sprout

  10. What is Science Fiction? • science fiction – noun • a form of fiction that draws on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc. • www.dictionary.com

  11. SciFi at Dragon*Con: Superman Dr. Who and Dalek Harper from Pern

  12. NEW SCIENCE FICTION PICTURE BOOKS –

  13. SciFi at Dragon*Con: Stormtroopers on Parade

  14. NEW SCIENCE FICTION –

  15. SciFi at Dragon*Con: Anne and Todd McCaffrey Jim Butcher

  16. NEW SCIENCE FICTION –

  17. SciFi at Dragon*Con: Klingons Indiana Jones and Friend Batman: the Dark Knight

  18. What is Steampunk? • Steampunk - noun • A genre of science fiction based in Victorian times when steam was the main source of machine power • www.dictionary.com

  19. What is Steampunk?

  20. Steampunk Items:

  21. Classic Steampunk novels:

  22. Steampunk at Dragon*Con:

  23. New Steampunk novels:

  24. Steampunk at Dragon*Con: • Steampunk X-Men

  25. New Steampunk novels:

  26. Websites to help you choose: • Flashlight Worthy . . . • Suite 101.com: Insightful Writers. Informed Readers • Cynthia Leitch Smith • SurLaLune Fairytales on the Web • Golden Duck Awards (for Science Fiction for Children) • Children’s Literature Genres

  27. Which scifi or fantasy character are you?

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