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Megacity. Pastoral science fiction —science fiction set in rural, bucolic, or agrarian worlds, either on Earth or on Earth-like planets, in which advanced technologies are downplayed. Seasteading and ocean colonization. Pirate utopia. Reality Television. Space colonization. Colonization of the Moon. Ecumenopolis. Pantropy.
Alternate history science fiction—fiction set in a world in which history has diverged from history as it is generally known; Comic science fiction; Science fiction erotica; Adventure science fiction—science fiction adventure is similar to many genres; Gothic science fiction—a subgenre of science fiction that involves gothic conventions
—Octavia E. Butler, in Carolyn S. Davidson's "The Science Fiction of Octavia Butler." From an early age, an almost paralyzing shyness made it difficult for Butler to socialize with other children. Her awkwardness, paired with a slight dyslexia that made schoolwork a torment, made Butler an easy target for bullies. She believed that she was "ugly and stupid, clumsy, and socially hopeless." As ...
2001: a Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. Written concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001 is just one of author Arthur C. Clarke's massive array of sci-fi novels. Clarke was so prolific ...
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 ...
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 ancient, medieval, and Renaissance-era precursors and proto-science fiction as well, as long as these examples include typical science fiction themes and topoi such as travel to outer space and encounter with alien life-forms.
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. It is related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many ...
Pages in category "Science fiction genres" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Africanfuturism;