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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. 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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The Mummy is a 1999 American
action-adventure film written and directed by
Stephen Sommers , starring
Brendan Fraser ,
Rachel Weisz ,
John Hannah , and
Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the
reanimated mummy . It is a
remake of
the 1932 film of the same name and part of the larger
Universal Monsters franchise. The film follows adventurer and treasure hunter
Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with librarian
Evelyn Carnahan and her older brother
Jonathan , where they accidentally awaken
Imhotep , a cursed high priest with supernatural powers.
Development took years, with multiple screenplays and directors attached. In 1997, Sommers successfully pitched his version of a more adventurous and romantic take on the source material. Filming took place in Morocco and the United Kingdom; the crew endured dehydration, sandstorms, and snakes shooting on location in the Sahara Desert. Industrial Light & Magic provided many of the visual effects, blending live-action footage and computer-generated imagery to create the titular monster. Jerry Goldsmith composed the orchestral score. (Full article...
“
[Alternate history] is the very essence of what science fiction is all about.
”
—
Harry Harrison (b.1925), "The Time of the Other: Alternate History and the Conquest of America" in
Strange Horizons (2002).
Illustration by Édouard Manet for a French translation by Stéphane Mallarmé of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". Part 1 of 4 full page plates (two smaller illustrations at beginning and end omitted). Illustration by Édouard Manet for a French translation by Stéphane Mallarmé of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven ". Part 1 of 4 full page plates.
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See also these convention lists: anime , comic book , furry , gaming , multigenre , and science fiction .
Selected article The
Harry Potter fandom is the
community of fans of the
Harry Potter books and films who participate in entertainment activities that revolve around the series, such as reading and writing
fan fiction , creating and soliciting
fan art , engaging in
role-playing games , socialising on
Harry Potter -based
forums , and more. The fandom interacts online as well as offline through activities such as
fan conventions , participating in cosplay, tours of iconic landmarks relevant to the
books and production of the
films , and parties held for the midnight release of each book and film.
By the
fourth Harry Potter book , the legions of fans had grown so large that considerable security measures were taken to ensure that no copy of book was leaked before the official release date.
Harry Potter is considered one of the few
four-quadrant , multi-generation spanning franchises that exist today, despite Rowling's original marketing of the books to
tweens and
teens . (
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