Science Fiction is a branch of fiction that utilizes the imaginative foundation of fiction and adds to it probable events or concepts that were/are/could be available with our current scientific knowledge. Such concepts include (but are not limited to): space, futuristic/ancient ideals and worlds, and advances/regressions in technology or other aspects of life. Although these are all types of content found within the genre of science fiction, not all science fiction works contain these or any content that you would readily associate with the genre. Thus, we are always forced to reexamine what we deem as an exact definition of what could be classified as science fiction. Furthermore, another genre bears many similarities to those of science fiction, and that is the genre of fantasy. What separates science fiction from the realms of fantasy? I like to think that fantasy is based on a new world that you yourself create with rules, laws, and details you mold to your liking; however, science fiction takes our knowledge and information of the known universe and pushes the limits of our understanding of it to allow for new brilliant concepts and mind-blowing story lines.
Numerous successful novels, movies, and television shows are based in the science fiction genre, and are able to remain popular because the public is entranced by the possibilities of what 'could be.' Personally, my favorite topic in science fiction involves any and all things related to superheroes, and the possibility like in Chiang's "Understand" for someone to advance beyond the norm of the average human.
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