How to Use science fiction in a Sentence

science fiction

noun

• Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.
• Such a scenario should not be dismissed as dystopian anti-science fiction.
  — Laura Beers, CNN, 27 May 2022
• Is his self-on-self-love more like the science fiction equivalent of masturbation?
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 24 May 2022
• This is science fiction about loneliness, grief and finding purpose.
  — Washington Post, 26 May 2022
• Sissy Spacek makes her return to television riding a recent wave of series that live, at least on the fringes, in the worlds of science fiction.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
• In the classic science fiction novel, a young boy survives a family betrayal on an inhospitable planet.
  — Washington Post, 1 June 2022
• Metaverse—a word that until last year only existed in science fiction—is now the mainstay terminology when world economies look into the future.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 20 May 2022
• The science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg grossed $64.9 million during the three-day weekend.
  — Tracy Wright, Fox News, 29 May 2022
• Or better, really, because distant planets are the stuff of imagination, and his was burnished by the soaring stories of the greatest writers of science fiction.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2022
• In terms of new domestic films, the genres covered include comedy, suspense, drama, crime, science fiction, animation, and more.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
• Not so long ago, this was the stuff of science fiction.
  — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023
• That last quote isn’t from science fiction, by the way.
  — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
• But some of it sounds like a science fiction movie, in terms of fear.
  — CBS News, 9 July 2023
• The best horror and science fiction mirrors the fears of its age.
  — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• But this was full-strength science fiction, a doctor-in-the-box.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2023
• If this seems the stuff of science fiction, welcome to the world of modern-day medicine.
  — Christopher Hartnick, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022
• The book is now regarded as the first true work of science fiction.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• This is not the first film to mix Western tropes with science fiction.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
• Here’s what some notable films get right about science and tech — and what’s still the stuff of science fiction.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
• All of these formats, and more, have been explored in very good (and many bad) science fiction tales.
  — WIRED, 6 July 2023
• The science fiction author Vernor Vinge passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 79.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
• There have been some awesome inventions in the world of science fiction over the years.
  — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 June 2024
• Liz Braswell chooses the best science fiction and fantasy of the year.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
• The first three seasons of the science fiction/horror series each finished in the top five.
  — City News Service, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
• Once reserved for the science fiction genre, time travel movies have since taken on a life of their own.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2022
• No genre leaves our feline friends out, not even science fiction.
  — Marthe Mabille, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2024
• He’s one of the greatest American minds in science fiction.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Oct. 2022
• Most of the companies getting traction in the space have robots that don’t look like the humanoids of science fiction.
  — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• The paper clip scenario and others like it are science fiction.
  — Nir Eisikovits, Fortune, 7 July 2023
• Scientists and science fiction writers over the years have offered countless theories on how to start transforming the cold, lifeless world into a livable place.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024