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Urban fiction, also known as street lit or street fiction, is a literary genre set in a city landscape; however, the genre is as much defined by the socio-economic realities and culture of its characters as the urban setting. The tone for urban fiction is usually dark, focusing on the underside of city living.
Great Gusliar is a small, seemingly-quiet town that happens to attract all kinds of science-fiction phenomena, including aliens, time travelers, magical creatures, mad scientists. It is based upon the town of Veliky Ustyug , which itself stated in-universe to be a rival to Great Gusliar.
Within narrative prose, providing a believable location can be greatly enhanced by the provision of maps and other illustrations. [1] This is often considered particularly true for fantasy novels and historical novels which often make great use of the map, but applies equally to science fiction and mysteries: earlier, in mainstream novels by Anthony Trollope, William Faulkner, etc. Fantasy and ...
The flying island of Laputa from Gulliver's Travels. (Illustrated 1795.) In science fiction and fantasy, floating cities and islands are a common trope, ranging from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the atmosphere of a planet by purported scientific technologies or by magical means.
List of fictional towns in literature; List of fictional towns in television; List of films featuring space stations; List of fictional universes in animation and comics; List of fictional shared universes in film and television; List of fictional universes in literature; List of fantasy worlds; List of science fiction universes
A domed city is a hypothetical structure that encloses a large urban area under a single roof. In most descriptions, the dome is airtight and pressurized, creating a habitat that can be controlled for air temperature, composition and quality, typically due to an external atmosphere (or lack thereof) that is inimical to habitation for one or more reasons.
A fictional city located somewhere within the eastern coast of the United States. Paradise City is divided into 5 districts, which make up two general areas of the landscape, the urban area and the rural area. Paradise, Arizona Postal 2: Paradise is a desert town in Postal 2. The population of the town is 4312. Possum Springs Night in the Woods
Authors may use current urban myths, borrow fictional technologies, or even invent occult practices, as well as using established supernatural characters and events from folklore, literature, film, or comics. The urban component is usually found in the setting—typically a large or small city—or even a suburban community in a metropolitan area.