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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction
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It's often said that Science Fiction is the literature of change. ... This page is the top of my What is Science Fiction? site. ... A science fiction story must be set against a society significantly diferent from our own -- usually, but not necessarily, bcause of some change in the level of science and technology --
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A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam. - Fred Pohl ... Most of us came to technology through science fiction; our imaginations remain secretly moved by science-fictional ideas. - Jason Pontin...
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Defining science fiction is a deceptively difficult endeavor. There are many possible definitions, covering a broad range of opinions and ideas. The task becomes even more difficult when the boundary between science fiction and fantasy is considered.
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The Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy ... But for these shows and others, the number of viewers fell off rapidly as episodes aired. There are a lot of people who want to watch good science fiction, but television isn't giving them what they want.
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Science fiction often expresses the potential of technology to destroy humankind through Armaggedon-like events, wars between worlds, Earth-imperiling encounters or disasters (i.e., The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), When Worlds Collide (1951), The War of the Worlds (1953), the two Hollywood blockbusters Deep...
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Iain M. Banks: The State of the Art; - short science fiction ... Marleen S. Barr: Envisioning the Future; Science Fiction and the Next Millennium ... Andrea L. Bell, Yolanda Molina-Gavilán: Cosmos Latinos*; An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain...
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