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Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.

Recent Examples on the Web In the United States, science fiction has largely flourished because, generation after generation, its fans dreamt of becoming pros and being published in Astounding, Galaxy or the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. — Washington Post, 12 May 2021 But the part of the plan that sounded most like science fiction actually happened. — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2022 Musk's vision of settling Mars once seemed like pure science fiction. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2022 The prospect of discovering extraterrestrial life may feel like science fiction to many but not for NASA. — Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2022 The threat of deep-space asteroids seems like science fiction, and NASA says no such threats are known to exist for at least the next century. — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2021 One of the precepts of science fiction is that the Age of Space will be like the Age of Sail. — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2022 We are shown what two forms can offer each other, and exposed to the interrogating possibilities of science fiction. — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2022 Author Octavia Butler is a queen of science fiction, and Kindred is her bestselling novel about time travel. — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2022 See More

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“Science fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/science%20fiction. Accessed 17 May. 2022.

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