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SF and Gothic

Science fiction is the search for definition of man and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post-Gothic mould.

-- Trillion Year Spree: the History of Science Fiction (London, 1986)

 

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Definition

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.

Retrieved Oct 30, 2009 from answers.com

  • teleportation - a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
  • fantasy, phantasy - fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
  • cyberpunk - a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
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