Science fiction Books
Ace Books, 1991. Mass market paperback original. Anthology of 9 stories set on Mars, that were first published in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. Authors ...
Twelve spinetingling tales of the supernatural include stories of stolen lives and restless spirits and highlight the writings of such authors as Connie ...
Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens collects a dozen Hwarhath tales with commentary by their translator. As the translator notes, "Humanity has ...
Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon - these are our guides through the Wastelands... From ...
Wastelands 2 - More Stories of the Apocalypse is a new anthology of post-apocalyptic literature from some of the most renowned science fiction and fantasy ...
What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world?We can all imagine such "other worlds"--be they worlds just slightly ...
From Victor Frankenstein to Lex Luthor, from Dr. Moreau to Dr. Doom, readers have long been fascinated by insane plans for world domination and the madmen ...
Lightspeed (www.lightspeedmagazine.com) is the critically-acclaimed, online science fiction magazine edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. ...
From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the ...
Time Trips is a unique and beautifully illustrated collection of Doctor Who adventures from bestselling and award-winning writers including Joanne Harris, ...
Such writers as A.E. van Vogt, Sharon Webb, Barry Malzberg, and Gordon R. Dickson explore the future and the solar system in a collection of stories ...
1984 Signet Classic mass market paperback. Edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh. Sci-fi anthology includes stories by Asimov, ...
A collection of stories by great science fiction writers, including Orson Scott Card, Isaac Asimov, and Stephen King, about fat, thin, and everything in ...
A collection of short fiction by the most influential writers of the 1980s features the work of Connie Willis, Robert Silverberg, Nancy Kress, Greg Bear, ...
Description
Science fiction (often abbreviated as SF or sci-fi, with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that typically explores speculative ideas based on current or future science and technology. Science fiction stories appear in a variety of media, including books, art, television, film, games, and theater. In some organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction is synonymous with the broader term speculative fiction, which encompasses all imaginative works that go beyond contemporary reality—this includes fantasy, horror, and related genres.
While science fiction and fantasy are often grouped together as science fiction/fantasy, they are distinct. Science fiction differs from fantasy in that its imaginary elements are usually plausible within scientifically established or scientifically theorized laws of nature, even if they involve a degree of speculative creativity. Traditionally, science fiction explores the consequences of these speculative ideas, earning it the label “literature of ideas.” Science fantasy, on the other hand, combines imaginative speculation with fantastical elements, entertainingly and logically portraying alternate possibilities in worlds that defy known reality.