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A nonfiction follow-up article and classroom tips written by the editor and biologist Julie Nováková, who has experience in science and teaching as well as SciFi writing and publishing, accompany each story. The anthology was made available for free download at the websites of the European Astrobiology Institute. Its
publication was featured on multiple science outreach and SF literature platforms in
several languages. The book was further popularized by follow-up interviews with
the authors, who include well-known scientists and at the same time writers such as
University of California’s Gregory Benford or NASA’s Geoffrey Landis (Fig. 3.3).
The book has been downloaded several thousand times as of the time of submitting
the abstract, and has elicited good reviews on Goodreads. In the future, we hope
to follow up on “Strangest of All” with a print anthology of SF stories written
originally for the project in direct collaboration with expert, each of whom will
write the nonfiction follow-up. We are also planning to utilize science fiction with
good science and interesting themes in other outreach activities such as contests
Fig. 3.3 Anthology cover
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A nonfiction follow-up article and classroom tips written by the editor and biologist Julie Nováková, who has experience in science and teaching as well as SciFi writing and publishing, accompany each story. The anthology was made available for free download at the websites of the European Astrobiology Institute. Its
publication was featured on multiple science outreach and SF literature platforms in
several languages. The book was further popularized by follow-up interviews with
the authors, who include well-known scientists and at the same time writers such as
University of California’s Gregory Benford or NASA’s Geoffrey Landis (Fig. 3.3).
The book has been downloaded several thousand times as of the time of submitting
the abstract, and has elicited good reviews on Goodreads. In the future, we hope
to follow up on “Strangest of All” with a print anthology of SF stories written
originally for the project in direct collaboration with expert, each of whom will
write the nonfiction follow-up. We are also planning to utilize science fiction with
good science and interesting themes in other outreach activities such as contests
Fig. 3.3 Anthology cover