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  2. Fourth dimension in literature - Wikipedia

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    In science fiction, a higher "dimension" often refers to parallel or alternate universes or other imagined planes of existence. This usage is derived from the idea that to travel to parallel/alternate universes/planes of existence one must travel in a direction/dimension besides the standard ones.

  3. Hyperspace - Wikipedia

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    The earliest references to hyperspace in fiction appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories Quarterly (shown here is the Spring 1931 issue featuring John Campbell's Islands of Space). Emerging in the early 20th century, within several decades hyperspace became a common element of interstellar space travel stories in science fiction.

  4. Definitions of science fiction - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Parallel universes in fiction - Wikipedia

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    The 2011 science-fiction thriller Source Code employs the concepts of quantum reality and parallel universes. The characters in The Cloverfield Paradox , the third installment of the franchise , accidentally create a ripple in the time-space continuum and travel into an alternative universe, where the monster and the events in the first film ...

  6. Space travel in science fiction - Wikipedia

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    [z] [4] Highly influential in popularizing the science of science fiction was the 19th-century French writer Jules Verne, whose means of space travel in his 1865 novel, From the Earth to the Moon (and its sequel, Around the Moon), was explained mathematically, and whose vehicle — a gun-launched space capsule — has been described as the ...

  7. Science fiction - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. All We're Asking is That You Watch 'American Fiction' - AOL

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    Here's how to tune into 'American Fiction' before the awards ceremony. Cord Jefferson’s stellar satire has been nominated for five Oscars. Here's how to tune into 'American Fiction' before the ...

  9. Outline of science fiction - Wikipedia

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    There are a number of science fiction media franchises of this type, typically encompassing media such as cinema films, TV shows, toys, and even theme parks related to the content. The highest-grossing science fiction franchise is Star Wars. Space science fiction franchises: Alien (6 films since 1979 and 2 Alien vs Predator films since 2004)