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t. e. Space exploration, as predicted in August 1958 by the science fiction magazine Imagination. 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 ...
The Word for World Is Forest [4] [a] The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Published in 1969, it became immensely popular, and established Le Guin's status as a major author of science fiction. [7] The novel is set in the fictional Hainish universe as part of the Hainish Cycle, a series ...
e. In science fiction, hyperspace (also known as nulspace, subspace, overspace, jumpspace and similar terms) is a concept relating to higher dimensions as well as parallel universes and a faster-than-light (FTL) method of interstellar travel. In its original meaning, the term "hyperspace" was simply a synonym for higher-dimensional space.
224. Followed by. Star Light. Mission of Gravity is a science fiction novel by American writer Hal Clement. The novel was serialized in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in April–July 1953. Its first hardcover book publication was in 1954, and it was first published as a paperback book in 1958. Along with the novel, many editions (and most ...
ISBN. 0-575-07026-9. OCLC. 53391657. Followed by. Nova Swing. Light is a science fiction novel by M. John Harrison published in 2002. It received the James Tiptree, Jr. Award [1] and a BSFA nomination [2] in 2002, and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2003. [3] The Guardian ranked Light #91 in its list of 100 Best Books of the ...
Isaac Asimov ( / ˈæzɪmɒv / AZ-ih-mov; [ b] c. January 2, 1920[ a] – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. [ 2]
Time for the Stars is a juvenile science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published by Scribner's in 1956 as one of the Heinlein juveniles.The basic plot line is derived from a 1911 thought experiment in special relativity, commonly called the twin paradox, proposed by French physicist Paul Langevin.
Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that ...