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Speculative fiction 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) 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 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 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 supernatural , alternate history , and sexuality themes continue in works produced within the modern speculative fiction genre.
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Algirdas Jonas "
Algis "
Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American
science fiction author,
editor , and critic. He was also known under the
pen names Frank Mason ,
Alger Rome in collaboration with
Jerome Bixby ,
John A. Sentry ,
William Scarff , and
Paul Janvier . In 1960, he authored
Rogue Moon , a novel. (
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"
Over There " is the two-part
second season finale of the
Fox science fiction drama series
Fringe . They are the 21st and 22nd episodes of the season, and the 42nd and 43rd episodes of the series overall. Both parts were written by
Academy Award -winning screenwriter
Akiva Goldsman , together with
showrunners Jeff Pinkner and
J. H. Wyman . Goldsman also served as director, his first such credit since the
season premiere .
Fringe ' s premise is based on the idea of two parallel universes , our own and the Other Side, each of which contains historical idiosyncrasies. The two universes began to clash in 1985, after Dr. Walter Bishop (John Noble ) stole the parallel universe version of his son, Peter , following his own son's death. The finale's narrative recounts what happens when Peter (Joshua Jackson ) is taken back to the Other Side by his real father, dubbed "Walternate" (Noble). FBI agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv ) and Walter lead a team of former Cortexiphan test subjects to retrieve him, after discovering that Peter is an unwitting part of Walternate's plans to bring about the destruction of our universe using an ancient doomsday device . (Full article...
Scene from The Wicked World The climactic scene from Act III of The Wicked World blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert about how female fairies cope with a sudden introduction to them of men and "mortal love ". This is one of several "fairy comedies" by Gilbert, and it established him as a writer of wide range, propelling him beyond the burlesques he had produced in his early career, and leading towards his famous Savoy operas . (POTD
The first issue of Satellite Science Fiction ; cover art by Ed Emshwiller Satellite Science Fiction science-fiction magazine published from October 1956 to April 1959 by Leo Margulies ' Renown Publications. Initially, Satellite was digest-sized and ran a full-length novel in each issue with a handful of short stories accompanying it. The policy was intended to help it compete against paperbacks, which were taking a growing share of the market. Sam Merwin edited the first two issues; Margulies took over when Merwin left, and then hired Frank Belknap Long for the February 1959 issue. That issue saw the format change to letter size , in the hope that the magazine would be more prominent on newsstands. The experiment was a failure and Margulies closed the magazine when the sales figures came in.
The novels included the original version of
Philip K. Dick 's first novel,
The Cosmic Puppets , and well-received work by
Algis Budrys and
Jack Vance , though the quality was not always high.
Isaac Asimov ,
Arthur C. Clarke , and
L. Sprague de Camp were among the short story contributors.
Sam Moskowitz wrote a series of articles on the early history of science fiction for
Satellite ; these were later to be revised as part of his book
Explorers of the Infinite . In 1958 Margulies tracked down the first magazine publication of
H. G. Wells '
The Time Machine from 1894 to 1895 and reprinted a short excerpt from it that had been omitted by every subsequent printing. (
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Possible events in the future as suggested by science fiction:
In 5000, the Filipino Army defeats the Alliance at the Battle of Reykjavik during the closing stages of World War V. On April 27 of 2,774,020, Murcheson's Eye explodes into a supernova and becomes a black hole.
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