Project Update
RQ Question
How has the language, syntax, and grammar of science fiction novels changed overtime?
Project
Using text analysis, interpret significant textual differences of science fiction books written in the late-19th century (1850-1915) versus ones that are written in the early 21st century (2000-2015).
Update
We have selected twenty popular science fiction books (ten past, ten present), based on reviews, popularity, and reader ratings.
The twenty books are titled below:
Past
Frankenstein (1818) - Mary Shelley
The Time Machine (1895) - HG Wells
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) - Robert Stevenson
The War of the Worlds (1897) - HG Wells
The Lost World (1912) - Arthur Doyle
The Invisible Man (1897) - HG Wells
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1894) - Jules Verne
The Poison Belt (1913) - Arthur Doyle
Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (1888) - Edward Bellamy
The Coming Race (1871) - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Present
The Martian (2011) - Andy Weir
Ready Player One (2011) - Ernest Cline
11/22/63 (2011) - Stephen King
The Maze Runner (2009) - James Dashner
Under the Dome (2009) - Stephen King
House of Suns (2008) - Alastair Reynolds
Snow Crash (1995) - Neal Stephenson
Old Man’s War (2007) - John Scalzi
Redshirts (2012) - John Scalzi
The Quantum Thief (2010) - Hannu Rajaniemi