Interstellar 6

- So Many Things To Learn (Dune, Frank Herbert, 1965)

This text takes place in the castle of Caladan, before an important family leave for the planet of Arrakis. An old lady visits the queen's son. she mentions strange words like Kwisatz Haderach and Gom Jabbar. He has to know about it before going to Arrakis. 

Protagonists : Paul Atreides, Jessica, an old woman 

Science-Fiction ?

Because it talks about another planet that doesn't exist. It belongs to the Space Opera subgenre. Everything is "over the top."

- Are They A Reason For Going ? (Pale Blue Dot, Carl Sagan, 1997)

 It's written in the present and the future tense. It talks about wanderers / ancestors of humanity, their habits. It also evokes the future of humanity.

Protagonists : humanity / mankind 

Science-Fiction :

Humanity tries to leave earth on a spaceship ; relation between the distant past (prehistory) with the distant future (space exploration)

It's Just A Silly Dream (Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke, 1953)

It's about somebody who has a dream and thinks it's real. It's a boy who has the same dream all the time. This dream was about volcanoes, snow and mountains... about strange landscapes. 

Protagonists : Jeff (little boy), George (dad), Jean (mum) 

Science-fiction ?

His dreams are unreal / hallucinatory visions

The Rocket (The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury, 1951)

It's the story of a man who likes rockets. It's a fiction about space. There's a grandpa who wants to go to space, and his son prefers cars. 

It starts with a man who loves watching rockets at night, and he meets with an old man who says that rockets are only for rich people. 

Protagonists : Bodoni (the family man) and Bramante (the old man) 

Science-Fiction ? 

There are rockets for going to other planets. It's also a social tale, the father doesn't have enough money for his whole family to go.

An Insignificant Little Blue Green Planet (The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide..., Douglas Adams, 1983) 

This text talks about earth and humanity from the point of view from someone who is far from our planet. It's an excerpt from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Protagonits : the narrator (an alien), a human girl (but she's not important...).