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Speculative fiction (also known as fantastika in Slavic countries[1]) is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality,[2] instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms.[3] This catch-all genre includes, but is not limited to, science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, magical realism,[4] superhero fiction, alternate history, utopia and dystopia, fairy tales, steampunk, cyberpunk, weird fiction, and some apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. The term has been used for works of literature, film, television, drama, video games, radio, and their hybrids.[2]
... a super category for all genres that deliberately depart from imitating "consensus reality" of everyday experience. In this latter sense, speculative fiction includes fantasy, science fiction, and horror, but also their derivatives, hybrids, and cognate genres like the gothic, dystopia, weird fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, ghost stories, superhero tales, alternate history, steampunk, slipstream, magic realism, fractured fairy tales, and more.
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