Among the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction. Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people. Furthermore, some of the most successful films of recent years have been based on science fiction stories.
It is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature, but its ancestors can be found in books written hundreds of years ago. These books were often concerned with the presentation of some form of ideal society, a theme which is still often found in modern stories.
Most of the classics of science fiction, however, have been written within the last hundred years. Books by writers such as Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, to mention just two well-known authors, have been translated into many languages. Modem science fiction writers don’ t write about men from Mars or space adventures
Blue collar and government jobs are among the most (41) careers for U.S. graduates, according to U.S. News magazine’s 2008 Best Careers report. U.S. employers are increasingly offshoring professional jobs. This means less jobs (42) college-graduate skills, the magazine says.
As in many other countries, U.S. high school students are told that college is the (43) . So there’s a growing (44) of skilled people in jobs that don’t require a college education. But the report also says that some rewarding blue-collar careers, such as technical work in the biomedical equipment and security systems sectors, are more (45) to college graduates. These are more knowledge-based than the usual blue-collar jobs.
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