Science Fiction is today’s genre. Wikipedia places it under the genre of “speculative,” but I really feel like speculative is a category of genres and a genre in and of itself. Science fiction has been so popular in various media in the last decades that it deserves its own post.
n. fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
Characteristics taken from here, here, and here.
Resources found here, here, and here.
More focused on the social sciences like anthropology and political science than on biology, etc.
Whew. We made it! Now it’s time to let you loose into the comments section. What’s your favorite science-fiction work? Anything I missed? Want to flay me open for overlooking something that you absolutely love? Any recommendations?
Oh, and because I couldn’t resist, here’s a parting photo.
That's my genre! I love that picture. Too funny. My favorite work of science fiction is Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I also love anything by Connie Willis or Julie E. Czerneda. And I am totally in love with short science fiction (since that's what all my published works are.) I think the short story thrives in science fiction.