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Speculative fiction umbrella phrase encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres , specifically science fiction , fantasy , horror , supernatural fiction , superhero fiction , utopian and dystopian fiction , apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction , and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts.
It has been around since humans began to speak. The earliest forms of speculative fiction were likely mythological tales told around the campfire. Speculative fiction deals with the "What if?" scenarios imagined by dreamers and thinkers worldwide. Journeys to other worlds through the vast reaches of distant space; magical quests to free worlds enslaved by terrible beings; malevolent supernatural powers seeking to increase their spheres of influence across multiple dimensions and times; all of these fall into the realm of speculative fiction.
Speculative fiction as a category ranges from ancient works to cutting edge , paradigm -changing, and neotraditional works of the 21st century. It can be recognized in works whose authors' intentions or the social contexts of the versions of stories they portrayed is now known. For example, Ancient Greek dramatists such as Euripides , whose play Medea (play) Athenian audiences when he fictionally speculated that shamaness Medea killed her own children instead of their being killed by other Corinthians after her departure. The play Hippolytus Aphrodite , is suspected to have displeased contemporary audiences of the day because it portrayed Phaedra as too lusty.
In historiography , what is now called speculative fiction has previously been termed "historical invention", "historical fiction ," and other similar names. It is extensively noted in the literary criticism of the works of William Shakespeare when he co-locates Athenian Duke Theseus and Amazonian Queen Hippolyta , English fairy Puck , and Roman god Cupid all together in the fairyland of its Merovingian Germanic sovereign Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream mythography it has been termed "mythopoesis" or mythopoeia , "fictional speculation", the creative design and generation of lore, regarding such works as J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings supernatural , alternate history , and sexuality themes continue in works produced within the modern speculative fiction genre.
Isaac Asimov AZ -im-ovc. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University . During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke . A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards . Best known for his hard science fiction , Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy , as well as popular science and other non-fiction .
Asimov's most famous work is the
Foundation series, the first three books of which won the one-time
Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. His other major series are the
Galactic Empire series and the
Robot series, which include major works such as
The Caves of Steel and
The Naked Sun , both written in the mid-1950s. The
Galactic Empire novels are set in the much earlier history of the same fictional universe as the
Foundation series. Later, with
Foundation and Earth (1986), he linked this distant future to the
Robot series, creating a unified "
future history " for his works. He also wrote
more than 380 short stories , including the
social science fiction novelette "
Nightfall ", which in 1964 was voted the best short science fiction story of all time by the
Science Fiction Writers of America . Asimov wrote the
Lucky Starr series of
juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French. (
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is a 2003
action role-playing game developed by
Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by
Konami for the
Game Boy Advance . It is the third
Castlevania game for the
Game Boy Advance . Producer
Koji Igarashi , who had led the production teams for previous
Castlevania games, led
Aria of Sorrow ' s development as well.
Michiru Yamane returned to compose the music alongside Takashi Yoshida and Soshiro Hokkai. Director Junichi Murakami was new to the
Castlevania series.
Aria of Sorrow is set in the year 2035, when Dracula has been sealed away after a battle in 1999. The plot follows the journey of Soma Cruz , a teenager granted occult powers, as he battles dark figures that wish to inherit Dracula's power. The game has been described as an action-adventure game with elements of role-playing games . Aria of Sorrow introduces several features to the series, such as the "Tactical Soul" system and employs a futuristic storyline in contrast to the medieval setting of other Castlevania games. (Full article...
“
I hate the whole ubermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing.
”
—
David Brin (b.1950), Interview,
Locus (March 1997).
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An illustration of the transformation of Dr. Jekyll into the hideous Mr. Hyde. An 1880s poster for Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde novella by Robert Louis Stevenson known for its vivid portrayal of a split personality , wherein within the same person there is both an apparently good and an evil personality, quite distinct from each other. It was a huge success, with over 40,000 copies sold in the first six months after publication. (POTD
... that the demon Kabandha (pictured) , from the Hindu epic Ramayana
... that cartoonist Edward Barker Mick Farren published Nasty Tales , the first comic book to face charges for obscenity in Great Britain ?
... that, inspired by The Blair Witch Project Stephen King had the idea of presenting The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red
... that while voicing the character of Doctor Octopus in the The Spectacular Spider-Man Reaction Peter MacNicol chose to base it on late actor Laird Cregar ?
... that Sword of Aragon copy protection that prompted them with inaccurate information?
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Selected article Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a
fantasy novel written by British author
J. K. Rowling . It is the fifth and longest novel in the
Harry Potter series. It follows
Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , including the surreptitious return of the antagonist
Lord Voldemort ,
O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive
Ministry of Magic . The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by
Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom,
Scholastic in the United States, and
Raincoast in Canada. It sold five million copies in the first 24 hours of publication.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won several awards, including the
American Library Association Best Book Award for Young Adults in 2003. The book was also made into a 2007
film , and a
video game by
Electronic Arts . (
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Possible events in the future as suggested by science fiction:
The EVE Gate , a natural wormhole leading to New Eden, collapses in 8061. Around the year 18,000,000, a "half-plastic denizen" of the interior of a planet beyond Pluto exchanges his mind with the Great Race of Yith.
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