Speculative Fiction Portal logo
Speculative fiction is an umbrella phrase encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres , specifically science fiction , fantasy , horror , supernatural fiction , superhero fiction , utopian and dystopian fiction , apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction , and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts.
It has been around since humans began to speak. The earliest forms of speculative fiction were likely mythological tales told around the campfire. Speculative fiction deals with the "What if?" scenarios imagined by dreamers and thinkers worldwide. Journeys to other worlds through the vast reaches of distant space; magical quests to free worlds enslaved by terrible beings; malevolent supernatural powers seeking to increase their spheres of influence across multiple dimensions and times; all of these fall into the realm of speculative fiction.
Speculative fiction as a category ranges from ancient works to cutting edge , paradigm -changing, and neotraditional works of the 21st century. It can be recognized in works whose authors' intentions or the social contexts of the versions of stories they portrayed is now known. For example, Ancient Greek dramatists such as Euripides , whose play Medea (play) seemed to have offended Athenian audiences when he fictionally speculated that shamaness Medea killed her own children instead of their being killed by other Corinthians after her departure. The play Hippolytus , narratively introduced by Aphrodite , is suspected to have displeased contemporary audiences of the day because it portrayed Phaedra as too lusty.
In historiography , what is now called speculative fiction has previously been termed "historical invention", "historical fiction ," and other similar names. It is extensively noted in the literary criticism of the works of William Shakespeare when he co-locates Athenian Duke Theseus and Amazonian Queen Hippolyta , English fairy Puck , and Roman god Cupid all together in the fairyland of its Merovingian Germanic sovereign Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream . In mythography it has been termed "mythopoesis" or mythopoeia , "fictional speculation", the creative design and generation of lore, regarding such works as J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings . Such supernatural , alternate history , and sexuality themes continue in works produced within the modern speculative fiction genre.
Jump to a specific section below
William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, voice actor, and occasional musician who is best known for co-creating Tom and Jerry and providing the vocal effects for the series' title characters. Alongside Joseph Barbera , he also founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera .
Hanna joined the
Harman and Ising animation studio in 1930 and steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as
Captain and the Kids . In 1937, while working at
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met
Joseph Barbera . In 1957, they co-founded
Hanna-Barbera , which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, creating or producing programs such as
The Flintstones ,
The Huckleberry Hound Show ,
The Jetsons ,
Scooby-Doo ,
The Smurfs , and
Yogi Bear . In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to
Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time, the studio was sold to
Turner Broadcasting System , which in turn was merged with
Time Warner in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors. (
Full article... )
The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a
series of three novels by American writers
Robert Shea and
Robert Anton Wilson , first published in 1975. The trilogy is a
satirical ,
postmodern ,
science fiction –influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex-, and magic-laden trek through a number of
conspiracy theories , both historical and imaginary, related to the authors' version of the
Illuminati . The narrative often switches between
third- and
first-person perspectives in a
nonlinear narrative . It is thematically dense, covering topics like
counterculture ,
numerology , and
Discordianism .
The trilogy comprises three parts which contain five books and appendices: The Eye in the Pyramid (first two books), The Golden Apple (third and part of fourth book), Leviathan (part of fourth and all of fifth book, and the appendices). The parts were first published as three separate volumes starting in September 1975. In 1984 they were published as an omnibus edition and are now more commonly reprinted in the latter form. In 1986 the trilogy won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award . The authors further dealt with its themes in fiction and non-fiction works. (Full article... )
“
All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.
”
—
Max Beerbohm (1872–1956),
Zuleika Dobson (1911).
The Hunting of the Snark
Plate I of Henry Holiday 's original illustrations for the first edition of Lewis Carroll 's The Hunting of the Snark , a nonsense poem written in 1874 that tells the story of ten individuals who cross the ocean to hunt the Snark . In common with other Carroll works, the meaning of the poem has been queried and analysed in depth. It is divided into eight "fits" (a pun on the archaic fitt meaning a part of a song, and fit meaning a convulsion ) and is by far Carroll's longest poem. (POTD )
There are several main characters in
Carnivàle , an American television
serial drama set in the United States
Depression -era
Dust Bowl between 1934 and 1935. It aired on
HBO from 2003 to 2005. It follows the disparate storylines of an ensemble of characters, with the two central characters of Ben Hawkins, a young man working in a
traveling carnival ; and Brother Justin Crowe, a
Californian preacher.
Carnivàle has a large cast, with eighteen regular actors over its two-season run. Most of them are introduced in Ben's storyline: Samson, a little person co-running the carnival with management; Jonesy, Samson's right-hand man with a crippling knee injury; Apollonia and Sofie, two
fortunetellers working a mother-daughter act; Lodz, a blind
mentalist , and his lover, Lila the
Bearded Lady ; the Dreifuss family
striptease act; the
snake charmer Ruthie and her son Gabriel, a
strongman ; and many other
sideshow performers. The supporting characters of Brother Justin's storyline are his sister Iris, his mentor Reverend Norman Balthus, the radio show host Tommy Dolan, and the convict Varlyn Stroud. Several characters appear in mysterious dreams and visions connecting the slowly converging storylines. (
Full article... )
June 27 :
Television series
Births
1909 - Billy Curtis (d. 1988), an American film and television actor known for his work mainly in Westerns and in science fiction films
1947 - Tron Øgrim (d. 2007), a Norwegian journalist, political and science fiction author, and politician
Possible events in the future as suggested by science fiction:
Here are ideas for how you can help improve the coverage of speculative fiction topics on Wikipedia:
Join a WikiProject or task force:
Science fiction (task force ): The 4400 , Babylon 5 , Battlestar Galactica , Doctor Who , Firefly , Futurama , G.I. Joe , Heroes , Hitchhiker's Guide , Life on Mars , Lost , Pokémon , Red Dwarf , Star Trek , Star Wars , Stargate , Superman , Transformers , Twilight Zone .
Fantasy : Artemis Fowl , Discworld , Fabelhaven , Harry Potter , Highlander , His Dark Materials , Inheritance Cycle , Lemony Snicket , Middle-Earth , Narnia , Oz , Percy Jackson , Redwall , Roald Dahl , Shannara , A Song of Ice and Fire , Warriors .
Horror : Buffy , Twilight .
Other and related: Animation , Anime and manga , Balzac , Children's literature , Comics , Disney , Machinima , Games (Board and tabletop games , Warhammer 40K , RPGs (D&D ), Video games (Square Enix )).
Start a requested article:
Create an article which someone has requested .
Expand a stub:
Expand a new article:
Expand and update a new speculative fiction article from the following list:
Note: If no articles are shown below, please work on those found in the Archive .
This list was generated from these rules . Questions and feedback are always welcome ! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2024-06-26 22:03 (UTC)
Note : The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
Rone Shavers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Museveni1700 (talk · contribs · new pages (5) ) started on 2024-06-26, score: 20
Banhishikha (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Paul is describing (talk · contribs · new pages (3) ) started on 2024-06-26, score: 80
The Smurfs Movie (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Zingo156 (talk · contribs · new pages (4) ) started on 2024-06-26, score: 40
1956 in science fiction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Skyerise (talk · contribs · new pages (22) ) started on 2024-06-26, score: 60
Vindicta (film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Abskiee (talk · contribs · new pages (5) ) started on 2024-06-26, score: 60
Strike Zone (book) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Randy Kryn (talk · contribs · new pages (36) ) started on 2024-06-26, score: 70
List of films with the longest production time (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by MrPersonHumanGuy (talk · contribs · new pages (3) ) started on 2024-06-26, score: 20
The Exit 8 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Captain Galaxy (talk · contribs · new pages (5) ) started on 2024-06-25, score: 20
Guillaume Singelin (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Artemis Andromeda (talk · contribs · new pages (12) ) started on 2024-06-25, score: 20
Ken Russell's unrealised projects (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by ZanderAlbatraz1145 (talk · contribs · new pages (1) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 20
Jurassic City (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by CANthony0125 (talk · contribs · new pages (6) ) started on 2024-06-13, score: 40
Tejas (musician) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Tarun Paul Kachhap (talk · contribs · new pages (1) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 20
Jerzy Jarzębski (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Altenmann (talk · contribs · new pages (61) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 40
Freaky Friday 2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Someoneslayfrfr (talk · contribs · new pages (1) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 40
Untitled Shrek film (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by KingArti (talk · contribs · new pages (8) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 40
Stormsong (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by TMagen (talk · contribs · new pages (2) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 100
Wrarth Warrior (Doctor Who) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Micsik Krisztián (talk · contribs · new pages (6) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 45
Gu (film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Zyzwvw (talk · contribs · new pages (8) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 80
Nope (soundtrack) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by 223.178.84.233 (talk · contribs · new pages (55) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 105
Bashira (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by SafariScribe (talk · contribs · new pages (150) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 40
Bashira (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by SafariScribe (talk · contribs · new pages (150) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 80
Lightning in the Night (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Jengod (talk · contribs · new pages (42) ) started on 2024-06-24, score: 60
Indian Burial Ground (novel) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Michelangelo1992 (talk · contribs · new pages (2) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 40
The Meep (Doctor Who) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Micsik Krisztián (talk · contribs · new pages (6) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 50
Empire of Death (Doctor Who episode) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Alex 21 (talk · contribs · new pages (10) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 40
1954 in science fiction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Skyerise (talk · contribs · new pages (22) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 60
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Tassedethe (talk · contribs · new pages (237) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 40
Hell Is a World Without You (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by CG214 (talk · contribs · new pages (2) ) started on 2024-06-22, score: 20
The Lost Planet (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Tassedethe (talk · contribs · new pages (237) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 80
The Lost Bookshop (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Esowteric (talk · contribs · new pages (7) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 20
The General (Doctor Who) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Micsik Krisztián (talk · contribs · new pages (6) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 50
1953 in science fiction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Skyerise (talk · contribs · new pages (22) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 65
1952 in science fiction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Skyerise (talk · contribs · new pages (22) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 65
1951 in science fiction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Skyerise (talk · contribs · new pages (22) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 80
1950 in science fiction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Skyerise (talk · contribs · new pages (22) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 65
Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by InternetUser25 (talk · contribs · new pages (2) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 50
The Bremen Town Musicians (1969 film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Robertsky (talk · contribs · new pages (19) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 20
List of films voted the best (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Robertsky (talk · contribs · new pages (19) ) started on 2024-06-23, score: 75
What You Wish For (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Szagory (talk · contribs · new pages (2) ) started on 2024-06-22, score: 20
Howling II (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Tassedethe (talk · contribs · new pages (237) ) started on 2024-06-22, score: 40
Abhay Verma (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Morekar (talk · contribs · new pages (7) ) started on 2024-06-21, score: 40
The Snow Queen (Eileen Kernaghan novel) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs · new pages (14) ) started on 2024-06-15, score: 80
New Crime City (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Britfilm (talk · contribs · new pages (44) ) started on 2024-06-17, score: 80
Wolf Predator (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Hardik Joshi India (talk · contribs · new pages (0) ) started on 2024-06-17, score: 110
Mac Crane (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Citrivescence (talk · contribs · new pages (2) ) started on 2024-06-17, score: 40
Clayton Hill (actor) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Alansohn (talk · contribs · new pages (1) ) started on 2024-06-17, score: 40
Gaganachari (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Sunuraju (talk · contribs · new pages (11) ) started on 2024-06-17, score: 50
Never Let Go (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Ss112 (talk · contribs · new pages (191) ) started on 2024-06-17, score: 40
Get Shorty (franchise) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by SL93 (talk · contribs · new pages (41) ) started on 2024-06-17, score: 20
List of people with prostate cancer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by SomeBodyAnyBody05 (talk · contribs · new pages (2) ) started on 2024-06-17, score: 20
Light from Uncommon Stars (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Gorobay (talk · contribs · new pages (2) ) started on 2024-06-16, score: 60
A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Al83tito (talk · contribs · new pages (4) ) started on 2024-06-16, score: 20
The Feeding (film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Tassedethe (talk · contribs · new pages (237) ) started on 2024-06-16, score: 100
My House (mod) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by CoolingGibbon (talk · contribs · new pages (0) ) started on 2024-06-16, score: 20
Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Androptrnt (talk · contribs · new pages (14) ) started on 2024-06-16, score: 40
Luis Ospina (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Hinnk (talk · contribs · new pages (7) ) started on 2024-06-16, score: 20
Fantaterror (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Lionel Cristiano (talk · contribs · new pages (13) ) started on 2024-06-15, score: 100
Joan (Alexander McQueen collection) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs · new pages (3) ) started on 2024-06-15, score: 25
The Daybreakers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Tassedethe (talk · contribs · new pages (237) ) started on 2024-06-15, score: 20
Mare's Head (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by BowTieTuba (talk · contribs · new pages (1) ) started on 2024-06-15, score: 20
Antidote (2021 film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Tassedethe (talk · contribs · new pages (237) ) started on 2024-06-15, score: 120
Princession Orchestra (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools ) by Tebus19 (talk · contribs · new pages (9) ) started on 2024-06-14, score: 40
Featured articles are considered to be the best on Wikipedia, as determined by Wikipedia's editors , and Good articles are those which are considered to be of good quality but which are not yet featured article quality. If you see one that should be listed here, please add it or post on the talk page and let us know so we can add it for you.
Science fiction
Featured articles
Featured lists
Fantasy
Featured articles
Horror
Featured articles
Speculative fiction topics
Category puzzle
Select [►] to view subcategories