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Science fiction   /sˈaɪəns fˈɪkʃən/   Listen
Science fiction

noun
1.
Literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society.





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"Science fiction" Quotes from Famous Books



... strange thing about it was that Jack Williamson was one of the most versatile science fiction authors ever to sit down at the typewriter. When the vogue for science-fantasy altered to super science, he created the memorable super lock-picker Giles Habilula as the major attraction in a rousing ...
— The Cosmic Express • John Stewart Williamson
... was produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on ...
— Impact • Irving E. Cox
... off, that some splendid Science Fiction stories have been published in the past—but are those now being printed in any way inferior to them? Aren't even better ones being written to-day?—since a whole civilization now stirs with active interest in science?—since three or five times as many writers are now ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 • Various
... from If: Worlds of Science Fiction July 1961. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on ...
— The Junkmakers • Albert R. Teichner
... consisted of a female set designer—who'd turn any male head—from the Studio, a garage mechanic with 30 years' experience, an electronics engineer, a science fiction writer, and the prettiest competent secretary available. I found Hazel, discovering with delight she'd had three years of ...
— Question of Comfort • Les Collins


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