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At the end of the century there     21    (be) incredible technological advances and wonderful new inventions. With the birth of cinema in the early 20th century, Hollywood began a love affair with space travel and science fiction£¬     22     continues to this day. Many early science fiction novels£¬such as H. G. Wells’ The War of the World, were later made into films and     23     (show) on the big screen with amazing special effects for the time. Then original science-fiction    24     (story) made it to the big screen.