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Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) 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 can explore science and technology in different ways, such ...
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 ...
Many of the most enduring science fiction tropes were established in Golden Age literature. Space opera came to prominence with the works of E. E. "Doc" Smith; Isaac Asimov established the canonical Three Laws of Robotics beginning with the 1941 short story "Runaround"; the same period saw the writing of genre classics such as the Asimov's Foundation and Smith's Lensman series.
Defining “science fiction” ... Clarke had an illustrious writing career. If you want a starting point to his large bibliography, Rendezvous with Rama is a solid entry point. It's set in the ...
See also External links A Catherine Asaro, around 2009 Isaac Asimov, before 1959 Margaret Atwood, 2015 Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960) Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954) Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926) Kōbō Abe (1924–1993) Robert Abernathy (1924–1990) Dan Abnett (born 1965) Daniel Abraham (born 1969) Forrest J Ackerman (1916–2008) Douglas Adams (1952–2001) Robert Adams (1932–1990) Ann ...
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.
Of Worlds Beyond is a collection of essays about the techniques of writing science fiction, edited by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. It was first published in 1947 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 1,262 copies. It has been reprinted by Advent in 1964 and by Dobson in 1965.
Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy.Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes.