1. The Impact of Sci-fi and Fantasy on Popular Culture
Together, these two types of fiction make a gigantic impact on people's everyday lives, whether it be in the books they read, the movies they see, or the stories they tell. ... From the fourth to fifth century BCE, the Hindu epic Ramayana includes flying machines that can travel into space or under water and have the ability to destroy cities using advanced weaponry. ... The genre of Fantasy as we know it today is less than two hundred years old. Up through the early twentieth century, novels, even if they had fantasy elements, were still regarded as fairy tales. ...
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