Science fiction short story is a genre of short story with a plot that deal with science and the latest technology. Examples include those that talk about the latest technology inventions such as robots, spaceships, and back in time/future traveling. The plots are usually based on fictitious science principles that are not yet proven by the science experiments. This type of story is suitable for young people who are excited about learning and exploring new things. The following are six benefits of reading short stories in the science fiction genre.
1. Improve Grammar Skills
Reading science fiction stories allows people with poor grasp in English to improve their grammar skills. Speaking and writing in broken English is the result of not understanding how the structure of the English sentence work. Through regular reading, you will learn the correct way to write a proper English sentence. There are sci-fi stories at different reading difficulty levels. You can start from the one with easy reading difficulty level which has shorter length and then slowly progress to reading stories with harder reading difficulty that have longer length.
2. Expand Your English Vocabulary
As you read the science fiction story, you will come across words that you don’t understand. Every time you come across a difficult word, you should look up the dictionary and find out its meaning. If you didn’t purchase a dictionary, you can use the online dictionary to look up the meaning of the word. You can learn how to pronounce the new word properly by playing the audio for the pronunciation in the online dictionary. The more science fiction stories you read, the more wide your vocabulary will become.
3. Spend Your Free Time Meaningfully
Regularly reading sci-fi stories allows you to spend your spare time meaningfully. Many people like to spend their spare time doing things that do not improve themselves such as taking naps, and watching television. When you read a sci-fi story, you are learning something instead of wasting time doing things that will not benefit you. Every second of the time counts and you don’t want to let it slip away without doing anything useful that can improve yourself. Making full use of your time can help you to develop a discipline lifestyle.
4. Good Reading Habit
Besides, it can help you to develop a good reading habit. Many people don’t have good reading habits and they can’t find time to read a storybook. If you want to develop a good reading habit, you should set aside 30 minutes or so to read a storybook. Reading stories can give you knowledge about science discoveries that you don’t know about. Many people have difficulties in finishing reading a book. They would read a little from one storybook and then go on reading another storybook. If you read often, you will find that it becomes easier and easier for you to finish a book. But If you don’t have a reading habit, you can start by reading one or two paragraphs each day. If you do this, you will slowly be able to read many chapters in a day.
5. Give You Something to Talk about in Conversation
If you read a lot of sci-fi stories, you will have things to talk to people in conversations. You may often find yourself getting stuck in the middle of a conversation and don’t know what to talk about when you meet new people. If you have nothing to talk about in conversations, people will find you boring. If you know a lot of stories, you can mention them to the new person you are talking to and this can sparks up the conversation. So, if you want to make a lot of new friends, you should try to read lots of stories. You can use excerpts from these stories to tell jokes or entertain your friends.
6. Improve Your Imagination
Another benefit is that it can improve your imagination and help you to become more creative. There are times when you find your imagination is not creative enough and you get stuck when you are coming up with some ideas for a creative project. As you read through the story plot, you will be able to imagine the plots in your mind vividly. By improving your imagination, you will be able to create better games, create more creative arts and write better stories of your own.
Conclusion
In conclusion, you will enjoy reading science fiction stories if you are fascinated about futuristic science. You can learn about scientific discoveries that are real as well as those that are made up by the author. It may also help you to deal with the stress you are facing. You can escape the problems in your present situation into a new fictitious world.
