Utopia and dystopia | Science fiction

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Alles Wichtige über Science fiction, der Philosophie, dem Schreibstil, aber auch den wichtigsten Autoren:

A definition of SF-Literature

» what-if-hypothesis on imaginary or actual events

» future settings

» extension or extrapolation of current ideas, problems, developments

» sometimes with specially-coined words or expressions (neogolisms)

» purpose: entertainment, reflection about living conditions

science fiction

The term (often abbreviated to SF) referes to stories and novels in which scientific (wissenschaftlich) and pseudo-scientific calculations and reasonings are characteristic of the plot. Science fiction is set in the future (wissenschaftliche Abenteuergeschichten, Zukunftsroman). Science fiction deals with robots / synthetic people / supermen / parapsychological phenomena and things that have not happened / space (interplanetary) travel (Raumfahrt) / invasions from space / future wars / future societies and stunning inventions. It also deals with things that will probably never happen like time travel or adventures in dimension. Science fiction is an instrument and a medium of social criticism. Early forms of science fiction are the scientific romances of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells.

SF-Literature - an approach to a definition

Science Fiction: Generally speaking, one could say that "A science-fiction story is a what would happen if ...?" (Edmund Crispin)