Step right up, SF readers, and find out how much you know about the literature you claim as your own. Below you'll find twenty multiple-choice questions about SF books and writers of the past and present. The first ten questions are relatively easy: at least, they're easier than the second ten, which will put your knowledge to a firmer test. When you're done, hit the "submit" button at the end and your test will be scored. No cheating! 1. Isaac Asimov wrote two great series of novels: the Foundation series and the Robot series. Which was the first book to connect the two? Foundation and Empire The Robots of Dawn Foundation's Friends Robots and Empire 2. Ben Bova is not only a respected author but has also been editor of two prominent SF magazines. What were they? Astounding and Analog Analog and Asimov's Asimov's and Omni Analog and Omni 3.What novel was the movie Bladerunner based on? The Humanoids by Jack Williamson Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Replicants by Philip José Farmer 4. In what classic SF novel do the Eloi and the Morlocks appear? The Time Machine by H. G. Wells From Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne The World of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt Ringworld by Larry Niven 5. What do the aliens of Arthur Clarke's Childhood's End look like? The Devil Cat-people Humans Jellyfish 6. Dune and Dune Messiah were the first two books of Frank Herbert's classic series; what was the title of the third book? God Emperor of Dune Heretics of Dune Return to Dune Children of Dune 7. In George Orwell's 1984, what is the protagonist, Winston Smith, most afraid of? Bees Rats Dogs Fire 8. Which respected British novelist wrote Brave New World? Aldous Huxley Kingsley Amis Thomas Huxley Anthony Burgess 9. What was the title of Ray Bradbury's famous novel about a "dark carnival"? Dandelion Wine The October Country Something Wicked This Way Comes The Martian Chronicles 10. What 1960s SF novel gave us the word "grok"? A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany UBIK by Philip K. Dick There. That wasn't so bad, was it? Now you're ready for the harder stuff. Best of luck . . . 11. William Gibson's first novel, Neuromancer, was one of nine books published in the revived Ace Special series edited by the late Terry Carr. Which of the following books was not published in that series? Palimpsests by Carter Scholz and Glenn Harcourt Green Eyes by Lucius Shepard In the Drift by Michael Swanwick Involution Ocean by Bruce Sterling 12. Which novel won the 1980 Nebula Award and provided the name for a new science fiction imprint launched the following year? Contact by Carl Sagan Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Timescape by Gregory Benford Nova by C. J. Cherryh 13. Rudy Rucker is best known in the SF field for his novels, but he has also edited two books, one of them an anthology of science fiction stories. What was its title? Mathenauts The Secret of Life Full Spectrum Mind Tools 14. Which writer has won the most Hugo and Nebula Awards? Robert Silverberg Connie Willis Isaac Asimov Lois McMaster Bujold 15. Michael Moorcock, the versatile author of the Elric series and longtime editor of the ground-breaking British magazine New Worlds, has also played in several rock and roll bands over the years. What was the name of the band he played with in the '60s? Moonskull Stormbringer Hawkmoon Hawkwind 16. James Tiptree, Jr. was the primary pseudonym of the writer Alice Sheldon. What other name did she write under? Andre Norton Racoona Sheldon Sidney Sheldon H. C. Turk 17. Although best known for his series of "Amber" novels, Roger Zelazny first won the Hugo Award for a novel which wasn't part of that sequence. What was it? He Who Shapes Damnation Alley This Immortal Eye of Cat 18. What is the name of the planet on which most of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin takes place? Forest Winter Rocannon's World Darkness 19. The Nazgul were evil beings in J.R.R. Tolkein's classic Lord of the Rings. In what novel were the Nazgul a rock-and-roll band? Wrack and Roll by Bradley Denton Little Heroes by Norman Spinrad Glimpses by Lewis Shiner The Armageddon Rag by George R. R. Martin 20. There have been eight editors of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction since it was started in 1949. Which of the following was not an editor of the magazine? Kristine Kathryn Rusch J. Francis McComas Gardner Dozois Avram Davidson