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            Astronauts flying from Earth and landing on the moon. People (or objects) being  instantly teleported from one location to another.  Soldiers wearing armored exoskeletons to increase combat effectiveness. Virtual displays that appear in front of your eye or on windows. Objects that can be controlled by one’s voice. All of these items may appear totally random and unconnected, but they all have one common thread. That is, they were all predicted in science fiction literature, and are all now real technology.

            Science fiction has often been regarded as an area of literature that creates imaginary worlds, breaking the laws of physics at will and making equally imaginary science monsters and catastrophes, in order to entertain their audiences. However, as the examples above illustrate, science fiction may not be more fiction that science. Science fiction has had, and continues to have, a positive effect on our society as whole. From piquing people’s imaginations to giving writers a way to analyze society, science fiction has proved to be an invaluable part of literature as a whole.