[单项选择] Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the Bug-eyed Monster, embodying every feature that most people find repulsive. This is unfortunate because it degrades a worthwhile endeavor. Instead, the basic interest of science fiction lies in the relation between man and his technology and between man and the universe. Science fiction is a literature of change and a literature of the future, and the aspects of human life that it considers make it well worth reading and studying for no other literary form does quite the same things. What is science fiction To begin, the following definition should be helpful: science fiction is a literary subgenre which postulates(以......为前提) a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a conclusion. The first point that science fiction is a literary sub genre—is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science ficti
A. with the growth of literacy, the size of the reading public has increased
B. competition from television has created a demand for more exciting fiction
C. science fiction is easier to understand than other kinds of fiction
D. the increased importance of technology has given science fiction an increased relevance

[单项选择] Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the Bug-eyed Monster, embodying every feature that most people find repulsive. This is unfortunate because it degrades a worthwhile endeavor. Instead, the basic interest of science fiction lies in the relation between man and his technology and between man and the universe. Science fiction is a literature of change and a literature of the future, and the aspects of human life that it considers make it well worth reading and studying for no other literary form does quite the same things. What is science fiction To begin, the following definition should be helpful: science fiction is a literary subgenre which postulates(以......为前提) a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a conclusion. The first point that science fiction is a literary sub genre—is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science ficti
A. cannot be called science fiction because it does not deal with the future
B. cannot be called science fiction because it doesn’’t deal with technology
C. can be called science fiction because it deals with man’’s relation to the world
D. can be called science fiction because it places people in an environment different from the one we know