Soft science fiction, or soft SF, is a category of science fiction with two different definitions, in contrast to hard science fiction. It explores the...

Subgenres include hard science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, focusing on social sciences. Other notable subgenres...

Astounding Science Fiction. The complementary term soft science fiction, formed by analogy to the popular distinction between the "hard" (natural) and "soft" (social)...

formal sciences and natural sciences are considered hard science, whereas the social sciences and other sciences are described as soft science. Precise...

depictions of sexuality and gender. However, speculative fiction (SF) and soft science fiction also offer the freedom to imagine alien or galactic societies...

Social science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, usually (but not necessarily) soft science fiction, concerned less with technology or space opera...

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

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled Astounding Stories...

topics. Hard science fiction is based on engineering or the "hard" sciences (for example, physics, astronomy, or chemistry). Soft science fiction is based...

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

supervillains. The genre primarily falls between hard fantasy and soft science fiction in the spectrum of scientific realism. It is most commonly associated...

television science fiction is a popular genre of television in the United States that has produced many of the best-known and most popular science fiction shows...

At other times, space opera can concur with hard science fiction and differ from soft science fiction by instead focusing on scientific accuracy such as...

Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional...

The Culture series is a science fiction series written by Scottish author Iain M. Banks and released from 1987 until 2012. The stories centre on The Culture...

themes in speculative fiction include lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBTQ) themes in science fiction, fantasy, horror fiction and related genres...

"There Will Come Soft Rains" is a science fiction short story by author Ray Bradbury written as a chronicle about a lone house that stands intact in a...

This is a list of science fiction comedy works—those mixing soft science fiction or science fantasy with comedy. Douglas Adams' novels: The Hitchhiker's...

Pastoral science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction which uses bucolic, rural settings, like other forms of pastoral literature. Since it is a subgenre...

Dune: Part Two is a 2024 American epic science fiction film directed and co-produced by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts...

illicit activities include smuggling and slavery. The combination of science fiction and fantasy elements makes Star Wars a very universal franchise, capable...

science fiction Soft science fiction Space opera portal fantasy aka Isekai and Accidental travel Speculative cross-genre fiction Bizarro fiction Climate...

A list of science fiction films released in the 1980s. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have...

Dune (1984 film). Film portal United States portal Speculative fiction portal Science fiction portal Space portal 1980s portal Official website Dune at IMDb...

likely to be depicted in science fiction. Depending on whether the science fiction is hard science fiction or soft science fiction, the depictions of invisibility...

describe fantasy writing with accurate research. Hard science fiction Science fantasy Soft science fiction Technofantasy Unknown—a pulp magazine dedicated to...

Fireworks (Japanese: 打ち上げ花火、下から見るか? 横から見るか?, Hepburn: Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?, lit. "Skyrockets, Watch from Below? Watch...

Dune is an American science fiction media franchise that originated with the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert and has continued to add new publications...

Dune (titled onscreen as Dune: Part One) is a 2021 American epic science fiction film directed and co-produced by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay...

watched in any order. The programme is an instance of speculative fiction within science fiction: the majority of episodes are set in dystopian near-futures...