Jan 22, 2026 · The success of juvenile SF stories inculcated a love of science fiction that culminated in the founding of adult-oriented SF pulp magazines in the 1920s, a circumstance that moved the …

Jan 22, 2026 · Science fiction is a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. The term ‘science fiction’ was popularized, if not …

Nov 27, 2025 · American SF television series, such as Star Trek (1966–69; founded by Gene Roddenberry), may have primed film producers and audiences alike for cinema adaptations of …

Jan 22, 2026 · A central difficulty of utopian fiction is the lack of dramatic conflict; a state of perfection is inherently uneventful. The counter to utopia is dystopia, in which hopes for betterment are replaced …

Feb 4, 2026 · Jules Verne, prolific French author whose writings laid much of the foundation of modern science fiction. Among his most famous novels are Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the …

The 1990s and early 2000s witnessed a resurgence of Afrofuturism, propelled by the broader acceptance of science fiction within mainstream culture. Writers such as Octavia Butler gained …

Science fiction gained popularity in the 1950s because developments in technology, such as nuclear energy and space exploration, coupled with the end of World War II, ignited the public’s imagination …

Science fiction gained popularity in the 1950s because developments in technology, such as nuclear energy and space exploration, coupled with the end of World War II, ignited the public’s imagination …

Jan 22, 2026 · Stories centered on time-travel paradoxes developed as a separate school of science fiction. If a human being broke free from the conventional chains of causality, intriguing metaphysical …

John W. Campbell was an American science-fiction writer, considered the father of modern science fiction. Campbell, who spent his childhood reading widely and experimenting with science, began …