speculative fiction
Noun
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Noun
speculative fiction
- (uncountable) A class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror
and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes and characters not part of everyday life. [from 20th c.] - 1947, Robert A. Heinlein, ‘On the Writing of Speculative Fiction’:
- There are at least two principal ways to write speculative fiction—write about people, or write about gadgets.
- 1987, Angela Carter, ‘Bruce Chatwin: The Songlines’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 588:
- And the speculation shows signs of turning into very sophisticated science fiction – science fiction in the purest sense; speculative fiction about science.
- 1947, Robert A. Heinlein, ‘On the Writing of Speculative Fiction’:
- (countable) A particular work belonging to this class.
- French: littératures de l'imaginaire
- German: Fantastik, Phantastik
- Italian: fantastico, fiction speculativa, letteratura dell'immaginario
- Portuguese: ficção especulativa
- Russian: фанта́стика
- Spanish: ficción especulativa
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