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    science fiction
    /ˌsʌɪəns ˈfɪkʃn/

    noun

    • 1. fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.

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  2. www.britannica.com › art › science-fictionScience fiction | Definition, Books, Movies, Authors ... -...

    Jun 24, 2024 · Science fiction is a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. The term ‘science fiction’ was popularized, if not invented, in the 1920s by one of the genre’s principal advocates, the American publisher Hugo Gernsback.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Science_fictionScience fiction - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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  5. pitt.libguides.com › scifiWhat is Science Fiction? - Science Fiction - Greensburg Campus -...

    Jun 25, 2024 · What is Science Fiction? "Science fiction is a time-sensitive subject in literature. Usually futuristic, science fiction speculates about alternative ways of life made possible by technological change, and hence has sometimes been called "speculative fiction."

  6. www.britannica.com › art › science-fictionScience fiction - Origins, Genre, Authors | Britannica

    Jun 24, 2024 · Science fiction - Origins, Genre, Authors: In 1818 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley took the next major step in the evolution of science fiction when she published Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. Champions of Shelley as the “mother of science fiction” emphasize her innovative fictional scheme.

  7. researchguides.dartmouth.edu › filmgenres › scifiScience fiction - Film Genres - Research Guides at Dartmouth...

    A genre characterized by stories involving conflicts between science and technology, human nature, and social organization in futuristic or fantastical settings, created in cinema through distinctive iconographies, images, and sounds often produced by means of special effects technology.

  8. www.britannica.com › art › science-fictionScience fiction - Utopias, Dystopias, Futurism | Britannica

    Jun 24, 2024 · Science fiction - Utopias, Dystopias, Futurism: Sir Thomas More’s learned satire Utopia (1516)—the title is based on a pun of the Greek words eutopia (“good place”) and outopia (“no place”)—shed an analytic light on 16th-century England along rational, humanistic lines.

  9. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › science fictionsScience fictions Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Jun 21, 2024 · The meaning of SCIENCE FICTION is fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component. How to use science fiction in a sentence.

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