Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts...
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The literary genre of science fiction is diverse, and its exact definition remains a contested question among both scholars and devotees. This lack of...
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This is a timeline of science fiction as a literary tradition. While the date of the start of science fiction is debated, this list includes a range of...
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time travel concept. Time travel is a common theme and plot device in science fiction films. The list below covers films for which time travel is central...
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Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and...
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themes in speculative fiction include lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBTQ) themes in science fiction, fantasy, horror fiction and related genres...
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Science fiction in Spanish-language literature has its roots in authors such as Antonio de Guevara with The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius (1527), Miguel...
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This is an inclusive list of science fiction television programs classified by genre. BKN International AG (2008). "Dork Hunters from Outer Space". BKN...
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Venus has been used as a setting in fiction since before the 19th century. Its opaque cloud cover gave science fiction writers free rein to speculate on...
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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...
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science fiction literature encompasses all German-language literary productions, whether of German, Swiss or Austrian origin, in the science fiction genre...
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was followed by portrayals of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis (2005–2009), and Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the...
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Gjokaj (/ɛnˈvɛər ˈdʒoʊkaɪ/ en-VAIR JOH-ky) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Victor in the science fiction television series Dollhouse...
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fields of research. The science fiction genre, primarily speculative fiction, can transmit the ideas and methods of science to the general public. Recent...
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means "outside Earth". Extraterrestrials are a common theme in modern science-fiction, and also appeared in much earlier works such as the second-century...
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nothing—including light—can escape them, have been depicted in fiction since at least the pulp era of science fiction, before the term black hole was coined. A common...
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (category 1959 science fiction novels)
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic social science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1959. Set in a...
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Journée d'un journaliste américain en 2889, by Jules Verne. 1910 in science 1909 in science fiction 1911 in science fiction "Fritz Leiber | American author"...
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marked, in science fiction, by the following events. November 7 : Raphael Aloysius Lafferty, American writer (died 2002) The main science-fiction Awards known...
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Below is an incomplete list of science fiction, fantasy, and horror feature films or miniseries on the theme of World War II. A separate list of TV series...
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Mise-en-scène (French pronunciation: [miz ɑ̃ sɛn] ; English: "placing on stage" or "what is put into the scene") is the stage design and arrangement of...
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The Year 2440 (redirect from L'An 2440, rêve s'il en fut jamais)
the 18th century, one of the earliest works of science fiction, and the first work of utopian fiction set in the future rather than at a distant place...
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Juan Miguel Aguilera (category Spanish science fiction writers)
Juan Miguel Aguilera (born in Valencia in 1960) is a Spanish science fiction author. He was first trained as an industrial designer. As an author, he...
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The year 1957 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events. Roger MacBride Allen John Barnes Stephen Baxter Joël Champetier (d. 2015) Jean-Claude...
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fiction since then; in the catalogue of early science fiction works compiled by E. F. Bleiler and Richard Bleiler in the 1998 reference work Science-Fiction:...
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Bloodchild and Other Stories (category Science fiction short story collections)
Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only collection of science fiction stories and essays written by American writer Octavia E. Butler. Each story and...
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without crossing the space between. Wormholes are a popular feature of science fiction as they allow faster-than-light interstellar travel within human timescales...
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Fictional planets of the Solar System (redirect from Outer planets in fiction)
ISBN 978-0-87338-416-2. Gillett, Stephen L. (2005). "Mercury". In Westfahl, Gary (ed.). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and...
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Drabble (redirect from 55 Fiction)
in a confined space. The concept is said to have originated in UK science fiction fandom in the 1980s; the 100-word format was established by the Birmingham...
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Antonio Margheriti (redirect from Fantasma en el oeste)
known for his sometimes derivative but often stylish and entertaining science fiction, sword and sandal, horror/giallo, Eurospy, Spaghetti Western, Vietnam...
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