Science fiction

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a novel by Jules Verne, which was an early example of Science fiction.

Science fiction was a genre of literature and films that contained elements normally thought of as impossible in a real world setting. It was similar to Fantasy, which was also a similar genre, but unlike fantasy, it usually did't involve magic.

Aliens, robots, time travel, Space travel beyond the speed of light, hovercars, flying cars and other things not typically heard of in the real world at the time were normal parts of science fiction settings. Some sci-fi dealt with dystopian and post-apocalyptic settings, such as stories set after a nuclear war. Many science fiction stories were set in the future, so as to make them more believable.

List of science fiction writers

• H.G. Wells

• Jules Verne

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Mary Shelley

• John Sladek

• Samuel R. Delany

• Rudyard Kipling

List of Science fiction works

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Dhalgren
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• The Fly
• Forbidden Planet
• Frankenstein 2000 Meets the She Wolf
• Ghostbusters
• The Giant Caveman
• Gulliver's Travels
• House of the Damned
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• The Invisible Man
• The Jetsons
• Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space
• The Müller-Fokker Effect
• Mystery in Space
• Plan 13 From Outer Space
• Planet of the Apes
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Space Invaders
• Space Trek: 2022
• Star Trek
• Star Wars
• Strange Adventures
• Strange Sports
• The Time Machine
• Thunderbirds
• The Twilight Zone
• The War of the Worlds
• Westworld

External Links

• Science fiction at the DC Database
• Science fiction at Wikipedia