U.S. television science fiction (25113 bytes)
1: ...]]'', ''[[Lost in Space]]'', and ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''.
4: ...t live in regular half-hourly installments, it chronicled the adventures of Captain Video and his side...
6: ...reate superimposition, although it also fell back on various older techniques such as using stock foot...
8: ...ters in a science-fiction setting over such a prolonged period of time, week-in week-out.
10: ...program had made its mark, and other science-fiction shows rose during the course of the 1950s, other ...

Science fiction on television (36863 bytes)
1: ...d not be done in other, more conventional productions.
3: ...these programmes are not science fiction as they don't involve any real scientific element, and are pe...
5: ==British television science fiction==
6: ...reviews in the press, all records of this production are lost.
8: ...re science fiction, with further literary adaptations such as ''[[The Time Machine]]'' ([[1949]]) and ...

List of science fiction television programs (5534 bytes)
1: ... television shows with significant [[science fiction]] elements.
3: ==Aliens on Earth==
5: *''[[Alien Nation]]''
13: ==Alien invasion==
16: *''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]''

Science fiction (17635 bytes)
1: ...t, some unusual examples) to this general definition.
4: ...r persons; within the context of imaginative fiction there are a few variables.
6: It is possible to apply the creative imagination to different areas of this idea, for example:
8: * the impact of imagined science
9: * the imagined impact of actual science

Science fiction film (12241 bytes)
1: ...Earth Stood Still]]'', an archetypal science fiction film.]]
3: ...ted teams of film producers, for the science fiction film [[genre]] to be taken seriously as an art fo...
6: ...al effects, and not a few rely almost exclusively on these effects to draw an audience to the theater ...
8: ...onflict and peril. Nevertheless, few science fiction books have been made into movies, and even fewer ...
11: ...recisely which movies belongs to the science fiction genre can be as difficult with films as it is wit...

Science fiction themes (5526 bytes)
1: ...cause readers are already familiar with the core concept.
5: *[[Alien]]s (see [[Aliens in fiction]])
6: **[[Alien invasion]]
8: **[[First contact (anthropology)|first contact]]
9: ***Principles of non-interference (e.g. [[Prime Directive]])

Military science fiction (4126 bytes)
1: ...ar or interplanetary conflict and its armed solution make up the backdrop of the story.
3: ...ion of military science fiction is ''science fiction in which the main characters are part of the [[ch...
5: ...hnology is fairly static, wars are not primarily won by R&D or even [[logistics]], but by willpower an...
7: ...n 5]] is a borderline case. [[Space: Above and Beyond]] is clear military sf, but the [[Lensmen]] cycl...
9: ...[Honor Harrington]] series, which comes with 'reasonably' logical technology, believable plot, and (di...

Women in science fiction (904 bytes)
1: ... weekend in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Wisconsin]].
4: * [[Women Science Fiction Authors]]
5: * [[Sex in science fiction]]
7: ...ructed language [[Láadan]] in the novel ''Native Tongue''
8: * [[Lesbian science fiction]]

Science fiction weapon (2045 bytes)
1: ...'''blaster''' or '''ray gun''', a [[laser]]-like non-projectile [[handgun]] which destroys at a distan...
4: ...these futuristic weapons being used to the exclusion of
5: ...ions seem to be far more limited than current weapons.
7: Some science fiction weapons are plausible, but do not currently exist. Other...
9: ...a of a [[Doomsday machine]], which was seriously contemplated by [[Cold War]] nuclear strategists.

History of science fiction (24507 bytes)
1: ...story of the [[literary genre]] of [[science fiction]].
3: ==Forerunners of science fiction==
5: ...ures, exotic fauna and flora, perhaps even [[sea monster]]s.
7: ... science, and the long result of Time". Voltaire, on the other hand, calls ''Micromegas'' not a fairy ...
9: ...s also often cited as the first true science fiction novel.

Soft science fiction (1409 bytes)
1: ...cience fiction is often based around the 'softer' sciences ([[philosophy]], [[psychology]], [[politics]] an...
3: ...ew Wave (science fiction)|New Wave]] science fiction.
5: ...in ''[[R is for Rocket]]'' and ''[[The Martian Chronicles]]'' he takes
6: ..., like rocket travel or Mars colonies but focuses on the feelings evoked by these themes.
9: ...opera]], [[comic science fiction]], [[social fiction]]

Science fiction fandom (5524 bytes)
1: ... may be viewed as forming a [[subculture]]; relationships and even marriages within fandom have been a...
5: ...in person when they lived close together, or when one of them could manage a trip (travel was harder i...
7: ...pression in fandom, though many popular fanzines continue to be published.
9: ...ns, and some still publish their own fanzines or contribute to those published by others.
11: ==SF 'Cons'==

Shield (science fiction) (772 bytes)
1: ...umanity shelter, protected by something very like one.
3: ...o been described. Such devices are, to date, fictional, but they have some resemblance to real devices...
6: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/alternatereality/Shields.jpg

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2953 bytes)
1: ...on''''' is a [[reference work]] on [[science-fiction]].
3: ... in [[1979]]. It was retitled '''The Science Fiction Encyclopedia''' in the [[United States|US]].
5: ...um]]. Currently, it is out of print. A third edition is eagerly anticipated.
7: ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' consists of several different categories:
9: *Author entries, including entries on writers who have written about sf or whose ideas ...

Canadian science fiction (2597 bytes)
1: ...rich, diverse thoughtful and witty [[science fiction]].
3: ...ardner]], [[William Gibson (novelist)|William Gibson]], [[H.L. Gold]], [[Judith Merril]], [[Garfield R...
5: ... the next 20 years, other linguists expanded Klingon into a full language of its own.
7: ... Cronenberg]], [[Lex Gigeroff]] and [[Norman Jewison]].
9: ...l Shanks]], William Shatner, [[Martin Short]], [[Donald Sutherland]], [[Kiefer Sutherland]], [[Amanda ...

French science fiction (5847 bytes)
1: ...and other [[French language|French]] and international literature.
5: ...r of many of the seminal classics of science fiction.
7: ...r influences on contemporary English science fiction authors like [[H. G. Wells]].
9: ...[[Pierre Boulle]]'s ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' is one widely published example.
11: ... However, many major names in French science fiction first saw print under this label. In this era, t...

Venture Science Fiction (1987 bytes)
1: ...ience Fiction]]'' (''F&SF'') and its [[crime fiction]] stablemates at Mercury Press when launched with...
3: ...geon's own stories, such as "Affair with a Green Monkey").
5: ...ticated adventure novel in each issue. This version was reincorporated into ''F&SF'' in [[1970]].
10: [[Category:Science fiction magazines]]

Hyperspace (science fiction) (6059 bytes)
1: ... device used for explaining FTL in a science fiction story where FTL is necessary for [[interstellar t...
3: ...erspace to very large starships, or to large stationary ''jump gates'' that can open jump points for s...
5: ...g ''in hyperspace'' is fairly open to interpretation, but is presumed to be remarkably different from ...
7: ... in abundance. According to the Star Control version, Hyperspace ends at places of high [[gravity]], s...
9: ...tate was that the resulting gravitational distortions could be easily detected by other starships, so ...

Asimov on science fiction (713 bytes)
1: '''Asimov on Science Fiction''' (ISBN 0-586-05840-0) is a [[1983]]
2: ...fiction work by [[Isaac Asimov]]. It is a collection of short essays
3: dealing with various aspects of [[science fiction]]. Many of the essays are
4: ...n together and grouped them in the following sections:
5: * Science Fiction in General

Hard science fiction (6370 bytes)
1: ...onetheless show a concern with a realistic depiction of the worlds that such a technology might make a...
3: ...ublication. Interestingly, some hard science fiction stories are set in an alternate universe where di...
5: ...her scientific analyses present in the novel version.
7: ...]] for a description of how one hard science fiction author viewed his craft.
9: ... aspects in a 'hard' style, again providing notes on ideas, philosophy, etc. and using a somewhat tech...

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