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* [[science fiction]] | * [[science fiction]] | ||
* sciffy | * sciffy | ||
* sci-fi | * [[sci-fi]] | ||
* sf | * sf | ||
* scientifiction | * scientifiction | ||
* alternative history | * alternative history | ||
* utopian fiction (including dystopias) | * [[utopia|utopian fiction]] (including dystopias) | ||
* [[science fantasy]] | * [[science fantasy]] | ||
* fantasy | * [[fantasy]] | ||
* supernatural fiction | * supernatural fiction | ||
* fabulation and fables | * fabulation and fables | ||
* fairy tales | * fairy tales | ||
* ghost stories | * [[ghost stories]] | ||
* [[mythology|myths]] (whether sourced in living or dead religions) | * [[mythology|myths]] (whether sourced in living or dead religions) | ||
* folklore & folk tales & parables | * folklore & folk tales & parables | ||
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* gothic | * gothic | ||
* surrealism | * [[surrealism]] | ||
* weird fiction | * weird fiction | ||
* magical realism (marketing term or not) | * magical realism (marketing term or not) | ||
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* interstitial fiction | * interstitial fiction | ||
* speculative sensibilities | * speculative sensibilities | ||
and all relative subgenres, like [[cyberpunk]], [[filk]], [[SF western]], [[space opera]], [[steam punk]], [[urban fantasy]], etc. | |||
No: | No: | ||
* the other stuff (which, while it's not SF and is not therefore the subject of this wiki, may appropriately be referenced for comparison, examples, influences, etc.) | * the other stuff (which, while it's not SF and is not therefore the subject of this wiki, may appropriately be referenced for comparison, examples, influences, etc.) | ||
''see [[:category:Genres|Genres]] | ''see [[:category:Genres|Genres]] and [[List of genres and sub-genres]]'' | ||
[[category:About]] | [[category:About]] | ||
[[Category:Genres| ]] | [[Category:Genres| ]] | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 20 February 2007
SF (noun; adjectival form SFnal or Sfal) as used on this site is, like feminism, a big tent: Here it means any fiction that is not, at the time it was written, "realistic". "SF" therefore includes "science fiction", "speculative fiction", "alternative history", "utopian fiction", "surrealism", "fantasy", "magical realism", "supernatural fiction", "myth", "folklore", "horror", "weird fiction", and certainly "scientifiction". Ellen Datlow has described some apparently realistic fiction as having "speculative sensibilities". SF, properly viewed, can encompass fiction that blurs the lines, such as folk tales and parables, which sometimes have supernatural or nonrealistic elements, and other times not; or gothic romance, which similarly sometimes have supernatural elements, or suggestions of supernatural elements.
Any and all media are open game: literature, art, graphic novels, films/TV, music, theater, opera, etc.
Yes:
- speculative fiction
- science fiction
- sciffy
- sci-fi
- sf
- scientifiction
- alternative history
- utopian fiction (including dystopias)
- fantasy
- supernatural fiction
- fabulation and fables
- fairy tales
- ghost stories
- myths (whether sourced in living or dead religions)
- folklore & folk tales & parables
- horror
- gothic
- surrealism
- weird fiction
- magical realism (marketing term or not)
- slipstream
- interstitial fiction
- speculative sensibilities
and all relative subgenres, like cyberpunk, filk, SF western, space opera, steam punk, urban fantasy, etc.
No:
- the other stuff (which, while it's not SF and is not therefore the subject of this wiki, may appropriately be referenced for comparison, examples, influences, etc.)
see Genres and List of genres and sub-genres