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Speculative fiction umbrella phrase encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres , specifically science fiction , fantasy , horror , supernatural fiction , superhero fiction , utopian and dystopian fiction , apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction , and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts.
It has been around since humans began to speak. The earliest forms of speculative fiction were likely mythological tales told around the campfire. Speculative fiction deals with the "What if?" scenarios imagined by dreamers and thinkers worldwide. Journeys to other worlds through the vast reaches of distant space; magical quests to free worlds enslaved by terrible beings; malevolent supernatural powers seeking to increase their spheres of influence across multiple dimensions and times; all of these fall into the realm of speculative fiction.
Speculative fiction as a category ranges from ancient works to cutting edge , paradigm -changing, and neotraditional works of the 21st century. It can be recognized in works whose authors' intentions or the social contexts of the versions of stories they portrayed is now known. For example, Ancient Greek dramatists such as Euripides , whose play Medea (play) Athenian audiences when he fictionally speculated that shamaness Medea killed her own children instead of their being killed by other Corinthians after her departure. The play Hippolytus Aphrodite , is suspected to have displeased contemporary audiences of the day because it portrayed Phaedra as too lusty.
In historiography , what is now called speculative fiction has previously been termed "historical invention", "historical fiction ," and other similar names. It is extensively noted in the literary criticism of the works of William Shakespeare when he co-locates Athenian Duke Theseus and Amazonian Queen Hippolyta , English fairy Puck , and Roman god Cupid all together in the fairyland of its Merovingian Germanic sovereign Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream mythography it has been termed "mythopoesis" or mythopoeia , "fictional speculation", the creative design and generation of lore, regarding such works as J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings supernatural , alternate history , and sexuality themes continue in works produced within the modern speculative fiction genre.
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Charles John Huffam Dickens novelist , journalist , short story writer and social critic . He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era . His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.
Born in
Portsmouth , Dickens left school at age 12 to work in a boot-blacking factory when his father
John was incarcerated in a
debtors' prison . After three years, he returned to school before beginning his literary career as a journalist. Dickens edited a weekly journal for 20 years; wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and nonfiction articles; lectured and performed
readings extensively; was a tireless letter writer; and campaigned vigorously for
children's rights , education and other social reforms. (
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Alleyway is a 1989
video game developed by
Nintendo and
Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo as a global
launch title for the
Game Boy . It is a
Breakout clone and
one of the first four games developed and released for the system. The game was released alongside the Game Boy, first in Japan in 1989, in North America later that year, and in Europe in 1990. It was later re-released for the
Virtual Console on the
Nintendo 3DS in June 2011, and on the
Nintendo Switch Online service in May 2024.
The name Alleyway references the in-game gateway that the player's spaceship (represented as a paddle) must pass through. While Alleyway is a portable clone of Breakout Mario . Alleyway was released with limited advertising, receiving moderate to low scores from reviewers who compared it to games like Arkanoid Full article...
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It is easy to argue persuasively the truism that the lessons of history are best derived from what actually happened, rather than from what nearly happened. It should be added, however, that what happened becomes more fully comprehensible in the light of the contending forces that existed at moments of decision. Understanding of the total historical setting is bound to contribute to a clearer view of the actual course of affairs.
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—
Harold C. Deutsch (1904-1995), Introduction,
What If? Strategic Alternatives of WWII (December 1997).
Thor and Útgarða-Loki A 1900 illustration of the Norse god Thor Útgarða-Loki Þjálfi to a race against Thought, challenging Loki in an eating contest with Wildfire, and challenging Thor to a drinking contest where the drinking horn was connected to the ocean. In the end, Útgarða-Loki revealed his trickery and said that he had been truly afraid at their performance and would never again risk coming near the thunder god. Thor's dealings with giants make up most of the myths surrounding him. (POTD )
The
World Fantasy Awards are given each year by the
World Fantasy Convention for the best
fantasy fiction and
art published during the preceding calendar year. The awards have been described by sources such as
The Guardian as a "prestigious fantasy prize", and one of the three most renowned
speculative fiction awards, along with the
Hugo and
Nebula Awards (which cover both fantasy and
science fiction ). The
World Fantasy Award—Artist is given each year to artists of works related to fantasy released in the preceding calendar year. Fantasy artists are also eligible for the
Special Award—Professional category. The Artist category has been awarded annually since 1975.
World Fantasy Award nominees and winners are decided by attendees and judges at the annual World Fantasy Convention. A ballot is posted in June for attendees of the current and previous two conferences to determine two of the finalists, and a panel of five judges adds three or more nominees before voting on the overall winner. The panel of judges is typically made up of fantasy authors and is chosen each year by the World Fantasy Awards Administration, which has the power to break ties. The final results are presented at the World Fantasy Convention at the end of October. Winners were presented with a statue in the form of a bust of
H. P. Lovecraft through the 2015 awards; more recent winners receive a statuette of a tree. (
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1926 - Hugo Correa (d. 2008), a Chilean journalist and science fiction writerDeaths
Possible events in the future as suggested by science fiction:
In 5000, the Filipino Army defeats the Alliance at the Battle of Reykjavik during the closing stages of World War V. A geological survey on Zeta Minor is almost annihilated by anti-matter creatures in 37166.
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