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2014 In Science Fiction
The year 2014 was marked by the following events in science fiction. Events * April - Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars expanded universe is no more considered Star Wars canon. * End of the British magazine ''SciFiNow''. Deaths * February 16 : Michael Shea (author), Michael Shea, American writer (born in 1946). * March 18 : Lucius Shepard, American writer (born in 1943). * May 12 : H. R. Giger, Swiss artist (born 1940) * May 30 : Michael Szameit, German writer (born in 1950). * June 1 : Jay Lake, American writer (born in 1964). * June 15 : Daniel Keyes, American writer (born in 1927 in science fiction, 1927). * June 30 : Frank M. Robinson, American writer (born in 1926 in science fiction, 1926). * July 13 : Thomas Berger (novelist), Thomas Berger, American writer (born in 1924 in science fiction, 1924). Literary releases Novels * ''Annihilation (VanderMeer novel), Annihilation'', by Jeff VanderMeer. * ''Ancillary Sword'', by Ann Leckie. * '':fr:Glaive imparfait, Imper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
