majority of fiction is set on or features the Earth, as the only planet home to humans or known to have life. This also holds true of science fiction, despite...

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts...

space invasion is a common feature in science fiction stories and films, in which extraterrestrial lifeforms invade Earth to exterminate and supplant human...

themes in science fiction. First contact with aliens Artificial intelligence Machine rule/Cybernetic revolt/AI takeover Extraterrestrials in fiction End...

guide to science fiction: Science fiction – a genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often in a futuristic...

Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream...

frequently used in science fiction or related genres. Such elements may include depictions of realistic sexual interactions in a science fictional setting...

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has...

originate on Earth. The word extraterrestrial means "outside Earth". Extraterrestrials are a common theme in modern science-fiction, and also appeared in much...

is a 2008 novel by the Chinese science fiction author Liu Cixin. It is the first novel in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. The series portrays...

works depicting lunar voyages has been satirical in nature. From the late 1800s onwards, science fiction has successively focused largely on the themes...

Earth 2 (TV series), a science fiction TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 2) or Earth Earth, a character in Konjiki no Gash Bell! Earth in science...

an alien invasion of Earth by sinister Martians, was published in 1897 and went on to have a major influence on the science fiction genre. Life on Mars...

The literary genre of science fiction is diverse, and its exact definition remains a contested question among both scholars and devotees. This lack of...

pastoral literature. Since it is a subgenre of science fiction, authors may set stories either on Earth or another habitable planet or moon, sometimes...

(albeit in a pre-heliocentric framework), and has appeared in fiction since at least the late 1800s. It is sometimes depicted as very similar to Earth and...

significantly from Earth. Earth-like planets have become less common in fiction following the first detection of an exoplanet around a Sun-like star in 1995, reflecting...

Travelling to the Earth's center is a popular theme in science fiction. Some subterranean fiction involves traveling to the Earth's center and finding...

Earth Abides is a 1949 American post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by George R. Stewart. The novel tells the story of the fall of civilization from...

down-to-Earth reality. George Slusser suggests that "science fiction travel since World War II has mirrored the United States space program: anticipation in the...

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise....

effect. Comic science fiction often mocks or satirizes standard science fiction conventions, concepts and tropes – such as alien invasion of Earth, interstellar...

Mundane science fiction (MSF) is a niche literary movement within science fiction that developed in the early 2000s, with principles codified by the "Mundane...

(The) Last Man on Earth may refer to: Last Man on Earth (book), science fiction anthology edited by Isaac Asimov Last Man on Earth (album), a 2001 album...

The Wandering Earth is a science fiction novella by Chinese writer Cixin Liu. The novella focuses on humanity's efforts to move the Earth in order to avoid...

Libertarian science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the politics and social order implied by right-libertarian (especially American...

The Man from Earth: Holocene is a 2017 American science fiction drama film directed by Richard Schenkman and written by Richard Schenkman and Emerson Bixby...

"cosmic Rorschach test", in the words of science fiction author Stephen L. Gillett. The planet was often depicted as warmer than Earth but still habitable...

Science fiction films This is a list of science fiction films organized chronologically. These films have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial...

First contact is a common theme in science fiction about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient species' first...