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Here are some more links we found both beneficial and interesting in our search for science fiction on the Web:

Science Fiction

bullet http://www.technovelgy.com/- Looks at modern concepts, inventions, and processes, and shows their precursors in science fiction
bullet  (1)  http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/- A website detailing the science fiction book 1984, as well as its author, George Orwell.
bullet http://members.aol.com/treknexus/trekguid.htm- The history of the hit television series, Star Trek.
bullet http://www.st-intelligence.com/begin.html- Another Star Trek website, but this one specializes in the various forms of technology in the television series.
bullet  (4) http://www.fas.org/sgp/eprint/teleport.pdf- (NOTE: This is and Adobe Acrobat file. Get Adobe here.) This is an official declassified study the United States Air Force did regarding teleportation. It actually shows how instantaneous teleportation of objects is not only possible, but theorizes about different methods of accomplishing teleportation.
bullet (7) http://seekers.100megs6.com/UFOMANFlyingAvroSaucer.htm- A UFO enthusiast's webpage detailing the history of the Avrocar, the USAF funded project to try and create a flying saucer (it worked, too!)
bullet http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/earlysf.html- Studies science fiction's predictions in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and discusses their physical possibility.
bullet http://www.sfcanada.ca/fall99/prophecies.htm- Very well written article for a Canadian Science Fiction magazine looking at the predictions of science fiction, as well as the beginning of science fiction as a whole.
bullet  (3) http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/SF-Index.html - The Ultimate Sci-Fi website. Another very good source of S.F. knowledge.
bullet (5) http://www.its.caltech.edu/~qoptics/teleport.html - The Caltech press release detailing their experiment with quantum teleportation.
bullet (6) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/20/tech/main578998.shtml - CBS news report, detailing the capabilities of lasers as weapons, as well as the U.S. military interest in them.
bullet (9) http://my.execpc.com/~culp/space/history.html- a history of rocketry, including predictions made by science fiction writers
bullet (10) http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/topic/t-7006_Anything_from_left_field_make_it_to_mainstream?.html - A forum where teachers have discussed various inventions predicted by S.F. writers and have looked to see if they have come true.

Other Links

bullet http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa122299a.htm- Timeline of inventions created in the 20th century (many due to science fiction!)
bullet http://www.ushistory.net/toc/timeline.html- Another invention timeline, this one for the turn of the century.
bullet http://www.fisanick.com/rhetoric- Dr. Christine Fisanick's Rhetoric class homepage.
bullet http://student.xu.edu/~novakkm/litrough.html- Kevin's Literacy Autobiography
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