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* [[SF]] - the "definition" used at the FSFwiki | * [[SF]] - the "definition" used at the FSFwiki | ||
* "science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, horror, surrealism, le fantastique, myth and legend, fantastical storytelling, and any other writing beyond the strictly realistic", the definition used by the [[Sunburst Award]] | * "science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, horror, surrealism, le fantastique, myth and legend, fantastical storytelling, and any other writing beyond the strictly realistic", the definition used by the [[Sunburst Award]] | ||
* "A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method. [S]trike out the word 'future' it can apply to all and not just almost all SF." -- Robert A. Heinlein, "Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues" in ''The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism'', Advent: Publishers, 1959. | |||
* "A good science fiction story is a story about human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, that would not have happened at all without its science content." Theodore Sturgeon, quoted in James Blish, ''More Issues at Hand: Critical Studies in Contemporary Science Fiction'' (Advent Publishers, 1970) | |||
[[category:Genres| ]] | [[category:Genres| ]] | ||
[[category:Lists]] | [[category:Lists]] | ||
Revision as of 16:37, 1 August 2007
- SF - the "definition" used at the FSFwiki
- "science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, horror, surrealism, le fantastique, myth and legend, fantastical storytelling, and any other writing beyond the strictly realistic", the definition used by the Sunburst Award
- "A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method. [S]trike out the word 'future' it can apply to all and not just almost all SF." -- Robert A. Heinlein, "Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues" in The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism, Advent: Publishers, 1959.
- "A good science fiction story is a story about human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, that would not have happened at all without its science content." Theodore Sturgeon, quoted in James Blish, More Issues at Hand: Critical Studies in Contemporary Science Fiction (Advent Publishers, 1970)