Literary Poll: Science Fiction Scavenger Hunt!

I realized that last week’s scavenger hunt posts neglected half of my favorite genre fiction, so here’s a post to make up for that:

What items should appear on a Science Fiction Novel Scavenger Hunt?

Some suggestions to get things started:

  • One Big Dumb Object
  • One improbably brilliant genius scientist who is able to both invent a new Theory of Everything and use it to build a time machine/ star drive/ whatever in his basement lab
  • One book offering a “scientific” explanation for some “paranormal” phenomenon
  • One alien planet consisting of a single ecosystem
  • One reference to special relativity
  • One reference to quantum mechanics
  • One alien race with godlike powers

What else?