science fiction
a form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc.
Origin of science fiction
1- Also sci-fi, sci·fi, sci fi [sahy-fahy] /ˈsaɪˌfaɪ/ .
Words Nearby science fiction
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How to use science fiction in a sentence
The science fiction imagination is a nomad on an endless expedition and the result is a literature of the psyche, torn between the heart that yearns for home and the mind too restless to stay still.
In Science Fiction, We Are Never Home - Issue 95: Escape | Steve Erickson | February 10, 2021 | NautilusA young couple fights to hold their relationship together in the midst of pandemic, where a memory loss virus is robbing everyone of their memories in Little Fish, a new science fiction romantic drama from IFC Films.
A couple clings to shared past amid a memory-wiping pandemic in Little Fish | Jennifer Ouellette | February 8, 2021 | Ars TechnicaTo relax, he would often play chess with another faculty member, Daniel Keyes, author of the heartbreaking science fiction masterpiece “Flowers for Algernon.”
‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a bestseller, but its author, Walter Tevis, was hardly a one-hit wonder | Michael Dirda | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostOur cosmos is violent, evolving and filled with science fiction–like possibilities that actually come straight out of general relativity.
Einstein’s theory of general relativity unveiled a dynamic and bizarre cosmos | Elizabeth Quill | February 3, 2021 | Science NewsWhile at OED, Sheidlower noted that science fiction was an area that was not very well served by scholarship, partly because science fiction hasn't had much serious literary cache historically.
“Warp speed,” “Prime Directive” predate Star Trek, per new reference tool | Jennifer Ouellette | January 27, 2021 | Ars Technica
Read too strictly, this would exclude highly inventive works of science fiction and fantasy because they lack realism.
I never as a reader have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy.
A Trailblazer in YA Dystopian Fiction: An Interview With 'The Giver' Author Lois Lowry | Marianne Hayes | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo that threw it into a realm of sort of science fiction, but that had never been a realm I had ever had an interest in before.
A Trailblazer in YA Dystopian Fiction: An Interview With 'The Giver' Author Lois Lowry | Marianne Hayes | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd I thought, ‘I think our songs will get sung at science-fiction conventions!’
‘Phineas and Ferb’ Pilot Disney’s Premier Voyage into ‘Star Wars’ | Jason Lynch | July 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt least, that was the story told by the boy-king, who would later become a well-known author of science fiction.
So You Want to Rule a Kingdom? A Wacky History of One-Man Nations | Nina Strochlic | July 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer hobbies are reading science fiction novels, going to the opera and listening to folk music.
The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyBakka is the oldest science fiction bookstore in the world, and it made me the mutant I am today.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowYou find the science-fiction writers more dangerous than the true scientists?
The Smiler | Albert HernhunterI do not name it to impress you, but to suggest a sort of science-fiction experience.
The Forgotten Planet | Murray LeinsterIt's not science-fiction, but it's certainly a fine bit of story.
Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for science fiction
a literary genre that makes imaginative use of scientific knowledge or conjecture
(as modifier): a science fiction writer
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for science fiction
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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