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"A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content." [13] Basil Davenport. 1955. "Science fiction is fiction based upon some imagined development of science, or upon the extrapolation of a tendency in society." [14] Edmund ...
Golden Age of Science Fiction — a period of the 1940s during which the science fiction genre gained wide public attention and many classic science fiction stories were published. New Wave science fiction — characterised by a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content.
American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey wrote, "Even the devoted aficionado or fan—has a hard time trying to explain what science fiction is," and the lack of a "full satisfactory definition" is because "there are no easily delineated limits to science fiction." [3] Another definition comes from The Literature Book by DK and ...
Science fiction by genre (22 C, 3 P) Soft science fiction (4 C, 9 P) Solarpunk (2 C, 10 P) Space opera (17 C, 36 P) Speculative crime and thriller fiction (294 P)
A common example of series fiction is a book series. Series fiction spans a wide range of genres, and is particularly common in adventure, mystery, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. While commonly associated with children's and young adult literature, series fiction has also been a significant feature of mainstream and genre fiction for ...
Pages in category "Children's science fiction novels" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 328 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Science fiction – genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often in a futuristic setting. [2] [3] [4] Exploring the consequences of such innovations is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas". [5] Pornography
Science fiction book series (68 C, 284 P)-Science fiction anthologies (11 C, 335 P) Science fiction children's books (3 C) ... Pages in category "Science fiction books"