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  2. Space travel in science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Artist rendition of a spaceship entering warp drive. Generic terms for engines enabling science fiction spacecraft propulsion include "space drive" and "star drive". [g] [2]: 198, 216 In 1977 The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction listed the following means of space travel: anti-gravity, [h] atomic (nuclear), bloater, [i] cannon one-shot, [j] Dean drive, [k] faster-than-light (FTL ...

  3. Self-replicating spacecraft - Wikipedia

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    The concept of self-replicating spacecraft, as envisioned by mathematician John von Neumann, has been described by futurists and has been discussed across a wide breadth of hard science fiction novels and stories. Self-replicating probes are sometimes referred to as von Neumann probes.

  4. Space stations and habitats in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Islands in the Sky: The Space Station Theme in Science Fiction Literature. Borgo Press. ISBN 978-0-89370-307-3. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; Westfahl, Gary (2009). The Other Side of the Sky: An Annotated Bibliography of Space Stations in Science Fiction, 1869-1993. Borgo Press. ISBN 978-1-4344-5749-3. Westfahl, Gary (2022

  5. List of fictional spacecraft - Wikipedia

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    Spaceships are often one of the key plot devices in science fiction. Numerous short stories and novels are built up around various ideas for spacecraft, and spacecraft have featured in many films and television series. Some hard science fiction books focus on the technical details of the craft.

  6. History of science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Several stories within the One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights, 8th–10th centuries CE) also feature science fiction elements.One example is "The Adventures of Bulukiya", where the protagonist Bulukiya's quest for the herb of immortality leads him to explore the seas, journey to the Garden of Eden and to Jahannam (Islamic hell), and travel across the cosmos to different worlds much ...

  7. Space warfare in science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Space warfare is a main theme and central setting of science fiction that can trace its roots back to classical times, and to the "future war" novels of the 19th century. . With the modern age, directly with franchises as Star Wars and Star Trek, it is considered one of the most popular general sub-genres and themes of science fiction

  8. Wormholes in fiction - Wikipedia

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    The novel discusses the problems which arise when a wormhole is used for faster-than-light communication. In the novel the authors suggest that wormholes can join points distant either in time or in space and postulate a world completely devoid of privacy as wormholes are increasingly used to spy on anyone at any time in the world's history ...

  9. Teleportation in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Teleportation is the theoretical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. [1] It is a common subject in science fiction and fantasy literature, film, video games, and television. In some situations, teleporting is presented as time traveling across space.