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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

(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...

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...

The Day the Earth Stood Still (working titles: Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century...

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

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...

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...

been used as a setting in many works, usually but not limited to the genre of science fiction. It has become increasingly common in works from the 18th century...

Subterranean fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction, science fiction, or fantasy which focuses on fictional underground settings, sometimes at the...

(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...

Military science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction and military fiction that depicts the use of science fiction technology, including spaceships...

Long Earth is the first novel in a collaborative science fiction series by British authors Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. The "Long Earth" is a...

and fantasy. In a conventional science fiction story, the world is presented as grounded by the laws of nature and comprehensible by science, while a conventional...