science fiction
noun
: fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component
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Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.
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Rounding out the list is Stephen King, the bestselling horror, suspense and science fiction writer whose novels including Carrie, The Shining and The Shawshank Redemption became fan-favorite cult movies.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
This blurring of real life and dystopia is fascinating, especially in a film that tends to draw a hard line between its two segments: nonfiction, based on interviews, and science fiction, stacked with genre tropes.
—Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Growing up watching those movies and reading comics and science fiction, the idea of robot overlords enslaving humanity was always close at hand.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Smithson, born in New Jersey in 1938, rose up in the global art scene during the 1950s, making paintings, drawings and sculptures that often referenced science fiction, poetry and pop culture.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
This blurring of real life and dystopia is fascinating, especially in a film that tends to draw a hard line between its two segments: nonfiction, based on interviews, and science fiction, stacked with genre tropes.
—Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Growing up watching those movies and reading comics and science fiction, the idea of robot overlords enslaving humanity was always close at hand.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Smithson, born in New Jersey in 1938, rose up in the global art scene during the 1950s, making paintings, drawings and sculptures that often referenced science fiction, poetry and pop culture.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Science fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/science%20fiction. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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