Astro Crosswords - Scifi and Fiction

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  1. 3. A planet populated by these creatures and its possible origin gives its name and is the central plot point of a 1968 movie, later remade for modern audiences.
  2. 4. Born in Russia in 1920, this SciFi author became famous for creating the three laws of Robotics and for its futuristic series, Foundation.
  3. 8. This character, created by Hergé in 1929, was the protagonist of a journey to our natural satellite at one of his comic books.
  4. 9. This British SciFi author was immortalized after writing stories such as "Rendezvous with Rama" and "2001: A Space Odissey".
  5. 10. Three movies with this title were inspired by the original story "Who Goes There", by John W. Campbell Jr., about an alien creature found frozen in Antarctica that is capable of assuming the form of any life-form it encounters.
  6. 11. First name of the American SciFi and Fantasy author Le Guin, author of stories like "The Left Hand of Darkness" or "The Dispossessed"
  7. 13. Last name of the Anakin and Luke, protagonists of the popular movie series "Star Wars".
  8. 14. In Andy Weir's 2011 book, later adapted to the cinema, the protagonist is trapped on the surface of this planet.
  9. 15. This actress played the role of Ripley, hero that fights the 8º passenger in the Alien movie saga.
  10. 16. With the name of a sand formation, this book series from author Frank Herbert has already ben adapted to cinema in 1984, and a new version by the director Dennis Villeneuve should arrive at the theaters in 2021.
  11. 17. The cold and calculating on-board computer that controls Discovery One, spaceship represented in the move "2001 - A Space Odissey".
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  1. 1. This movie, directed by Cristopher Nola, helped to improve our current understanding of black holes, by generating extremely realistic simulations of the space around them.
  2. 2. With Jodie Foster as the protagonist, this 1997 movie explores radio communication between mankind and a distant alien civilization.
  3. 5. Originally portrayed by Leonard Nimoy, this Vulcan had many adventures aboard the Enterprise in the TV show Star Trek.
  4. 6. This imaginative French SciFi author described in the XIX-th century a rocket trip to the moon with many similarities to the one that happened a century later, in 1969.
  5. 7. French filmmaker, he directed in 1902 the first movie about a trip to our natural satellite.
  6. 12. This movie, based on the story "Story of your life", by Ted Chiang, explores the language barrier between mankind and a mysterious alien group arriving at our planet.
  7. 13. Godfather of Harry Potter, he was baptized with the name of the brightest star in the night sky.