. It was Sujatha, who set the trend for sci-fi stories. He had tracked the origin from Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein to his short stories. He has written sci-fi short stories and these were published in various Tamil magazines.
His stories have inspired many readers to extend their reading to English sci-fi writers like Isaac Asimov. The themes were bold, even if there was a dependence on very well - established characterisation of English fiction. Sujatha opened up a new world to us with his writings on holograms, computers and works like ‘En Iniya Iyanthira’ inspire many to study computer science. .
He has been one of the greatest writers for more than four decades. He combined reasoning and science in his writings. Being a multifaceted hi-fi and sci-fi humanistic author, he expressed his views distinctively. He was the one who took Tamil novels to the next level.
As an MIT alumnus and an engineer at BHEL, he was very good at technology. He could narrate sci-fi stories impressively. His readers always enjoyed reading all his detective and sci-fi novels which featured the most famous duo ‘Ganesh’ and ‘Vasanth’. .
Sujatha has played a crucial role as a playwright for various Tamil movies which have fascinated movie lovers. Hence, it is fathomable that the writer’s perspective of future India enthuses every reader and paves a new way to reading sci-fi stories in English. Allonym is a name that is assumed by an author but that actually belongs to another person. A.
Answer the following questions in a sentence or two. i) How was Jeeno different from other robots? ii) What precaution should one take while writing Science fiction stories? iii) What inspired Sujatha’s themes?
iv) Why were Sujatha’s sci-fi stories impressive? B. Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following. i) difficult to believe (para ) ii) a style or category of art, music or literature (para ) iii) having many sides (para ) iv) capable of being understood (para ) Grammar PASSIVISATION We use the active form to say what the subject does.