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Fiction Book Genres - What Is Science Fiction

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Speculation

The speculative question "what if?" is the starting point for all science fiction. Many scholars list Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" as one of the first science fiction books. Shelley's book gave an answer to the question of what would happen if a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, used electricity to reanimate a corpse. Other science fiction stories answer questions about what would happen if first contact with aliens occurred or if humans achieved faster-than-light space travel.

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Science Impacts
Science fiction frequently includes stories about the impact of scientific or technological change on people. For example, H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" explored the consequences of building a machine that could carry its occupant far into the future. The "Star Trek" television shows and films portray a future "Federation of Planets" that couldn't "boldly go" anywhere without the warp drive that allows the Enterprise to travel between the stars.

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Setting

Science fiction stories often take place in the future or in alternate universes. The "Star Wars" films, for example, contain many futuristic elements, even though they feature events that happened "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away." If they are set closer to the present day, they include scientific speculation that differs from ordinary daily life -- as in "The Running Man" book and film, which tell the story of a cop framed for a crime he didn't commit who must survive a deadly TV game show.

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"Science fiction is a time-sensitive subject in literature. Usually futuristic, science fiction speculates about alternative ways of life made possible by technological change, and hence has sometimes been called "speculative fiction." Like fantasy, and often associated with it, science fiction envisions alternative worlds with believably consistent rules and structures, set apart somehow from the ordinary or familiar world of our time and place. Distinct from fantasy, however, science fiction reflects on technology to consider how it might transform the conditions of our existence and change what it means to be human. "Sci fi" is the genre that considers what strange new beings we might become-what mechanical forms we might invent for our bodies, what networks and systems might nourish or tap our life energies, and what machine shells might contain our souls."
--Dr. Beshero-bondar, associate prof. Of english, university of pittsburgh at greensburg

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Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th- and 21st-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction.
(One of Mrs. McEvoy's favorite authors!!)

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Nora K. Jemisin is an American science fiction and fantasy writer who has also worked as a counseling psychologist. Her fiction includes a wide range of themes, notably cultural conflict and oppression. She has won several awards for her work, including the Locus Award.

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Mickey, an Ironton, Ohio native, is also an independent filmmaker having written, directed and produced films such as The King of Iron Town, Summer Nuts and Autumn Mixtape.  He is the creator of REVERIE on NBC and CBS’ EXTANT with Halle Berry. Following up his work on EXTANT, Mickey has worked on MARS for Imagine Entertainment, FX’s THE STRAIN and Amazon’s TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN.