science fiction

noun

Definition of science fiction

: fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component

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Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.

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Leigh Whannell wrote and directed this science fiction action movie. — San Francisco Chronicle, "New movies: Shailene Woodley finds herself “Adrift”," 29 May 2018 The Folio Society is responsible for a number of beautiful editions of classic works of science fiction. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "An artist on creating the retro art for a new edition of Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers," 9 Dec. 2018 Fisher’s co-stars from the famed science fiction franchise, Hamill and Harrison Ford, already have stars with the former receiving his in 2003 and the latter earlier this year. — Tyler Mccarthy, Fox News, "'Star Wars' actor Mark Hamill calls for Donald Trump's Walk of Fame star to be replaced with Carrie Fisher," 2 Oct. 2018 Butternut Valley Books 615 Main Street, Hobart, NY Specialty: Paper products and ephemera; mystery and science fiction books; international books. — Marley Marius, Vogue, "A Guide to Reading and Wandering Around Upstate New York’s Book Village," 12 Sep. 2018 People who want to watch a science fiction movie in which Los Angeles has no traffic. — Chloe Angyal, Marie Claire, "The Only Thing Worse Than Valentine's Day Is Valentine's Day," 14 Feb. 2019 The tech future we were promised was finally here: instant, real-time video conversations, just like the diabolical villains in every science fiction movie ever. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "My Kids Are Lousy at Video Chat, But They Love to Hang Up on Me," 20 July 2018 Detroit Free Press Like characters displaced from a science fiction movie, a fleet of five self-driving electric shuttles begins service in downtown Detroit on Wednesday. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "What to know about Detroit's self-driving shuttles," 26 June 2018 The spiritualism articulated by Heilig took an especially dystopian form a few years later in science fiction writer Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Daniel Fernandez, Smithsonian, "This New Virtual Reality Experience Drops You In Hiroshima Right After It’s Been Bombed," 27 Apr. 2018

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