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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to science fiction: Science fiction – genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often in a futuristic setting.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Science fiction - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Definition of science fiction noun from Cambridge Dictionary Online: Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus )〕 Exploring the consequences of such innovations is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas". == What is science fiction? == (詳細はDefinitions of science fiction: Science fiction includes such a wide range of themes and subgenres that it is notoriously difficult to define.〔For example, Patrick Parrinder comments that "()efinitions of science fiction are not so much a series of logical approximations to an elusive ideal, as a small, parasitic subgenre in themselves." 〕 Accordingly, there have been many definitions offered. Science fiction is a type of: * Fiction – form of narrative which deals, in part or in whole, with events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and invented by its author(s). Although fiction often describes a major branch of literary work, it is also applied to theatrical, cinematic, and musical work. * * Genre fiction – fictional works (novels, short stories) written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre. Also known as popular fiction. * * Speculative fiction * Genre – science fiction is a genre of fiction. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outline of science fiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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