science fiction
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Summary
science fiction is a speculative fiction genre[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of speculative fiction genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,224 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: speculative fiction[3]
- Commons category: Science fiction[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Science fiction[5]
- Main subject: science[6], technology[7]
- Described at URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/36[8], https://www.goodreads.com/genres/science-fiction[9]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Speculative fiction/Science fiction[10]
- Described by source: Metzler Literatur Lexikon (2 ed.)[11], Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction[12]
- Topic has template: Template:Science fiction[13]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/tags/science-fiction[14]
- Short name: SF[15]
- History of topic: history of science fiction[16]
- Hashtag: sci_fi[17]
- Practiced by: science fiction writer[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Art+Feminism[19], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
- Wikimedia outline: outline of science fiction[21]
- WordLift URL: http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/science_fiction[22]
- Stack Exchange site URL: https://scifi.stackexchange.com[23]
Why It Matters
science fiction has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
It has been cited as an influence by Afrofuturism[26], an it genre[27]; The Protomen[28], a musical group[29], founded in 2003[30]; Alfons Figueras[31], a comics artist[32], 1922–2009[33], of Spain[34], awarded the Award Gato Perich[35]; and Ángel Arango[36], a writer[37], 1926–2013[38], of Cuba[39], specialised in belletristic literature[40].
FAQs
Who did science fiction influence?
science fiction has been cited as an influence by Afrofuturism[26], The Protomen[28], Alfons Figueras[31], and Ángel Arango[36].