Book Club Discussion Questions

Book Club Discussion Questions

Ray Bradbury, not only a science fiction writer

1. What is science fiction?

2. What is the difference between fantastic literature and fantasy literature?

3. How do the science fiction writers describe the result of progress?

4. Who is Bradbury?

5. How is he different from other science fiction writers?

6. Why are all his stories more about some moral problems than about “future”?

7. Is it only fantastic that Bradbury writes?

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

1. Name the characters; describe what they have in common.

2. Whose idea it was to buy the suit?

3. Describe the scene in the shop.

4. Thirty minutes wearing suit. How does each spend them? Do these 30 minutes explain their real motives of their desire to obtain suit?

5. What starts a fight in the café? Describe the event.

6. What happens after one of the characters is hit by the car?

7. What was Gomez’s original plan? Why did he change it?

8. How did Martinez finally meet the girl?

9. Why are they all on the roof?

10. Describe the final scene. What important is said there?

The Smile

1. How does the author depict the World Of The Future, their household, interests, entertainment?

2. How do people entertain themselves?

3. Describe people in the line.

4. How is Tom different from the others?

5. Why do people enjoy destroying items of cultural value?

6. Why couldn’t Tom enjoy it?

7. How did the people start tearing the painting apart?

8. Why does the author give Tom the Smile?

9. Describe what happens after Tom comes home?

10. What is author trying to tell us describing the way Tom looks at Mona Lisa’s Smile?

All Summer in a Day

1. Where does the story take place?

2. Describe the climate and atmosphere on the planet.

3. Who is Margot? What do we know about her? How is she different from the other children?

4. What kind of relations does she have with other children? Why?

5. Why was she closed up in the closet?

6. Describe the children’s behavior during summer.

7. Who was the first to remember about Margot?

8. What do children feel when realizing that Margot missed the summer?

The Fox and the Forest

1. When and where do we first meet our characters?

2. Where and when are they from originally?

3. Who are they afraid of and why?

4. How did they understand that the man in the café was from their time?

5. Why don’t they want to come back home?

6. Describe their World Of The Future.

7. What are their jobs there?

8. Under what conditions ONLY was the time travel possible?

9. Who else did they meet at the hotel at breakfast?

10. What was Simms’ offer?

11. What happens to Simms?

12. How unexpected was the ending for you?

Дата добавления: 2015-11-04