Science Fiction Definition

science-fiction
noun
A literary or cinematic genre in which fantasy, typically based on speculative scientific discoveries or developments, environmental changes, space travel, or life on other planets, forms part of the plot or background.
American Heritage
Fiction of a highly imaginative or fantastic kind, typically involving some actual or projected scientific phenomenon.
Webster's New World

Fiction in which advanced technology and/or science is a key element.

Some people consider motion pictures such as the Star Wars movies more as fantasies than science fiction.
Wiktionary

Technology that, while theoretically possible, is not yet practical.

Despite decades of research, mass-market personal aircraft are still science fiction.
Wiktionary

Origin of Science Fiction

  • From science + fiction; apparently coined in 1851 by W. Wilson.

    From Wiktionary

Science Fiction Sentence Examples

  • For over a couple of decades, Star Trek has captured a wide audience of science-fiction fans.

  • You might find a dramatic science fiction movie too.

  • Podcasters on the CNET program "Buzz Out Loud" have collaborated on a very popular science-fiction story at 140Novel.

  • It concludes with profiles of five major figures in the writing of science and two appendices, one of notes from a science-fiction writing workshop and the other a syllabus for a self-taught course in how to write a science-fiction story.

  • This year her science fiction novel, The Sex Gates, was a best-selling e-book and also came out in paperback.

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