January 2 – National Science Fiction Day

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nTodaynwas NOT chosen as National Science Fiction Day because it is the anniversary of the supposed discovery of the planet Vulcan. (Thatn“discovery” turned out to be science fiction, not science fact!) Instead it was chosen because today is the birthday of science fiction great Isaac Asimov. 

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nSciencenfiction can be wonderful in all the ways that other fiction can benwonderful. It can be exciting and adventurous like Westerns and spynnovels. It can feature brain-teasing murder mysteries like, you know,nmurder mysteries. It can offer terrifying horror or sweet, sweetnromance, great settings and characters, twisty plots and well-writtenndisalogue.

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nButnscience fiction has something-extra special that Westerns, spynnovels, murder mysteries, horror, and romance books don’t offer: Whatnit?

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• nDoctor Whon (also here) 

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• nBooksn by Arthur C. Clarke or Ray Bradbury 

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• nBooksn by Jules Verne or Isaac Asimov 

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• nMy list of my favorite 10 science fiction books for kids

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• Someone else’s much longer list of science fiction books for kids  

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Anniversary of the discovery of the planet Vulcan

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nScience-fictionnauthor Isaac Asimov’s birthday

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nBerchtold’snDay in Switzerland

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• nJanuaryn holidays 

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• nJanuaryn birthdays 

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• nHistoricaln anniversaries in January

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