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-:See ''[[Science fiction film]]''+[[Science fiction]] has a number of common concepts and themes that have been reused by numerous [[List_of_science_fiction_authors|authors]]. Some have become cliches, and only truly novel treatments of them gain attention, whilst others have become "part of the furniture", ie they can be included in a story without much explanation, because readers are all already familiar with the core concept.
-'''Science fiction''' is a broad genre of [[fiction]] that often involves [[speculation]]s based on current [[science]] or [[technology]]. It is commonly abbreviated as '''SF''' or '''sci-fi'''. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, movies, games, theater, and other media.+
-In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of [[speculative fiction]], encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes [[fantasy]], [[Horror fiction|horror]], and related genres.+In alphabetical order:
-== See also ==+ 
-*[[Jules Verne]]+*[[Alien]]s (see [[Aliens in fiction]])
-*[[H. G. Wells]]+**[[Alien invasion]]
-==See also==+**[[Benevolent aliens]]
 +**[[First contact]]
 +***Principles of non-interference (e.g. [[Prime Directive]])
 +**[[Xenobiology]]
 + 
 +*[[Android]]s
 +**[[Cyborg]]s and [[Cybernetics]]
 +**[[Robot]]s
 +*[[Post-apocalyptic science fiction|Apocalypses]] or world wide disasters
 +*[[Arcology|Arcologies]]
 +*[[Artificial intelligence]]
 +*[[Clone]]s
 +*[[Colonisation]]
 +**[[Terraforming]]
 +*[[Cosmology]]
 +**[[Creation of the Universe]]
 +**[[Ultimate fate of the Universe]]
 +**[[Omega Point]]
 +*[[Cryonics]]
 +*[[Cyberpunk]]
 +**[[Steampunk]]
 +*[[Economics]]
 +**Post-"Age of Scarcity" (arguments over how to distribute resources are irrelevant since anyone can have anything they reasonably want, e.g. [[Culture|The Culture]], and the problems of excessive wealth as in [[Frederik Pohl]]'s [[The Midas Plague]])
 +*[[Fantasy fiction]]
 +*[[Galactic Empire]]
 +*[[History]]
 +**[[Alternate history]]
 +**History repeating itself (either on long or short scales)
 +**Scientific [[prediction]] of the future (e.g. [[Psychohistory]])
 +**[[Secret history]]
 +*[[Horror fiction]]
 +*[[Interstellar travel]]
 +**Faster than Light
 +***[[Hyperspace]]
 +***[[Alcubierre drive|Warp drive]]s
 +***[[Wormhole]]s
 +**Very nearly light speed
 +***Ursula LeGuin's NAFAL ships, and the [[Twin paradox]]
 +**Much slower than Light
 +***[[Generation ship]]
 +***[[Sleeper ship]]
 +**Moving planets
 +*[[Language]]
 +**Alien languages (e.g. [[Klingon]])
 +**All humans speaking one language (possibly [[Esperanto]])
 +**Current human languages evolving/splitting
 +**The [[Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis]] being strongly true (eg [[Babel 17]] by [[Samuel R. Delany]] or [[The Languages of Pao]] by [[Jack Vance]])
 +**[[Universal Translator]]s (e.g. [[Babelfish]])
 +*[[Military]] - strategy, weapons, ranks, technologies.
 +**[[Ray gun]]s
 +**[[Space warfare]]
 +*[[Mind]]
 +**[[Artificial intelligence]]
 +**Beings of pure mentality
 +**[[Hive mind]]s
 +**Memory removal/editing
 +**[[Mind control]]
 +**[[Mind uploading]]
 +**Neural implants and interfacing with machinery (directly)
 +**[[Solipsism]]
 +*[[Mutant]]s
 +*[[Parallel world]]s or universes.
 +*[[Planets in Science Fiction]]
 +*[[Politics]]
 +**[[Dystopia]]s and (supposed) [[utopia]]s
 +**[[Galactic Empire]]
 +**[[Interstellar federation of planets]]
 +**[[Totalitarianism]] vs. [[Libertarianism]]
 +**[[World government]]
 +**Workable [[anarchism]]
 +*[[Post-apocalyptic science fiction]] and new societies that develop after the event
 +*[[Posthumanism]]
 +**Enhancement of the organism
 +***[[Body modification]], including [[genetic modification]]
 +***[[Cyborg]]s
 +*[[Psi]] powers
 +**[[Clairvoyance]]
 +**[[Telepathy]]
 +**[[Telekinesis]]
 +*[[Sex in science fiction|Sex]] (including [[gender role]]s, [[sexuality]] and [[Reproduction|procreation]])
 +*[[Shapeshifting]]
 +*[[Simulated reality]]
 +*[[Superhuman]]s
 +*[[Technology]] and its side effects
 +**[[Nanotechnology]]
 +**[[technological singularity|Singularity]]
 +*[[Telepathy]]
 +*[[Teleportation]]
 +*[[Time travel]]
 +**The [[Grandfather paradox]] -- e.g. Can someone go back in time and kill his parents before they beget the killer?
 +*[[David Brin|Uplift]]
 +*[[Virtual reality]]
-* [[List of science fiction themes]] 
-* [[List of science fiction authors]] 
-* [[List of science fiction novels]] 
-* [[History of science fiction]] 
-* [[Skiffy]] 
-* [[Transhumanism]] (a [[school of thought]] profoundly inspired by SF) 
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Science fiction has a number of common concepts and themes that have been reused by numerous authors. Some have become cliches, and only truly novel treatments of them gain attention, whilst others have become "part of the furniture", ie they can be included in a story without much explanation, because readers are all already familiar with the core concept.

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