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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.
James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), known by his pen name Robert Jordan epic fantasy . His The Wheel of Time prequel novel is among the highest-selling book series of all time, with 90 million copies sold.
In his earlier career he was one of several writers to produce original
Conan the Barbarian novels. Jordan was the best-known of several
pen names he used, adopting different monikers for different genres. (
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Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri is a
tactical first-person shooter developed and published by
LookingGlass Technologies . It was released in 1996 for
MS-DOS Set in a depiction of the 24th century, the game follows a faction of humans who colonize the
Alpha Centauri star system to escape from the Hegemony, a
totalitarian Earth government. The player assumes the role of Nikola ap Io, the leader of an Alpha Centauri military unit, and undertakes missions against pirates and the Hegemony.
Terra Nova has been cited as one of the first squad-oriented games with three-dimensional (3D) graphics; the player is often assisted by artificially intelligent teammates who may be given tactical commands. Conceived by Looking Glass after the completion of their first game, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss Terra Nova had a long and difficult development process, caused in part by the production of its full-motion video cutscenes. The game's TED engine can render 3D outdoor environments and simulate physics and supports procedural animation . (Full article...
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Science-fiction is the law-abiding citizen of imaginative literature, obeying the rules, be they physical, social, or psychological, keeping regular hours, eating punctual meals; predictable, certain, sure. Fantasy, on the other hand, is criminal. Each fantasy assaults and breaks a particular law; the crime being hidden by the author's felicitous thought and style which cover the body before blood is seen. Science-fiction works hand-in-glove with the universe. Fantasy cracks it down the middle, turns it wrong-side-out, dissolves it to invisibility, walks men through its walls, and fetches incredible circuses to town with sea-serpent, medusa, and chimera displacing zebra, ape, and armadillo. Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.
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—
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), "Introduction" in
The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories (1956).
Depiction of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote character by Gustave Doré. Don Quixote (POTD )
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See also these convention lists: anime , comic book , furry , gaming , multigenre , and science fiction .
Selected article Jill Valentine is a character in
Resident Evil (
Biohazard in Japan), a
survival horror series created by the Japanese company
Capcom . She was introduced as one of two
player characters in the original
Resident Evil (1996) with her partner,
Chris Redfield , as a member of the
Raccoon City Police Department 's Special Tactics And Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) unit. Jill and Chris fight the
Umbrella Corporation , a pharmaceutical company whose
bioterrorism creates
zombies and other
bio-organic weapons , and later become founding members of the
United Nations ' Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA).
Jill is the protagonist of several
Resident Evil games,
novelizations and films and has appeared in other game franchises, including
Marvel vs. Capcom ,
Project X Zone ,
Teppen , and
Dead by Daylight . In later games, such as the
2002 Resident Evil remake ,
The Umbrella Chronicles (2007),
Resident Evil 5 (2009), and
The Mercenaries 3D (2011), her features were based on Canadian model and actress
Julia Voth . Several actresses have portrayed Jill, including
Sienna Guillory and
Hannah John-Kamen in the
live-action Resident Evil films . (
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Possible events in the future as suggested by science fiction:
Jenny , the daughter of the Doctor , is born on July 24, 6012 on the planet Messaline.A geological survey on Zeta Minor is almost annihilated by anti-matter creatures in 37166.
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