Some Social SF and Soft SF can be types of speculative fiction , for example utopian or dystopian stories . George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four , Aldous Huxley 's Brave New World and Margaret Atwood 's The Handmaid 's Tale , are examples . Related to Social SF and Soft SF are the speculative fiction branches of utopian or dystopian stories ; George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four , Aldous Huxley 's Brave New World and Margaret Atwood 's The Handmaid 's Tale , are examples .