Some of the major sci-fi themes proposed by writers include:<\/p>\n
– Utopias and dystopias where \u201cidyllic\u201d or self-destructive worlds abound (i.e. Edward Bellamy\u2019s Looking Backward, H.G. Wells\u2019 A Modern Utopia, Aldous Huxley\u2019s Brave New World, George Orwell\u2019s 1984)<\/p>\n
– Alternative, future societies (i.e. Robert Heinlein\u2019s Stranger in a Strange Land)<\/p>\n
– Gender issues (i.e. Theodore Sturgeon\u2019s Venus Plus X)<\/p>\n
– Aliens and other “intelligent” lifeforms (i.e. Voltaire\u2019s Micromegas, Frederic Brown\u2019s Martians Go Home)<\/p>\n
– Outer space travel (i.e. Jules Verne\u2019s From the Earth to the Moon)<\/p>\n
– Time travel (i.e. H.G. Wells\u2019 The Time Machine)<\/p>\n
– Parallel universes and different versions of history (i.e. Murray Leinster\u2019s Sidewise in Time)<\/p>\n
– Technological advancements (i.e. the concept of invisibility as illustrated in H.G. Wells\u2019 The Invisible man, Philip K. Dick\u2019s A Scanner Darkley)<\/p>\n
– Androids, Robots, Cyborgs (i.e. Robert Silverberg\u2019s The Androids are Coming, Isaac Asimov\u2019s I, Robot, Ed Naha\u2019s Robocop)<\/p>\n
– Cyberpunk (i.e. William Gibson\u2019s Neuromancer)<\/p>\n
– ESP and Psychic abilities (i.e. Robert Heinlein\u2019s Time for the Stars)<\/p>\n
Also, I think that the pre-cursors of the sci-fi genre included Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein (1818), Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and Jonathan Swift\u2019s Gulliver\u2019s Travels (1726). Coupled with the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, the sci-fi genre continued to develop. Additional notable sci-fi writers include Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, (among many others).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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