speculative fiction
Noun

speculative fiction

  1. (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.
  2. (countable) A particular work belonging to this class.
Synonyms Translations
  • 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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