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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.
Smith's first professionally published science fiction story, "Scanners Live in Vain", originally appeared in Fantasy Book Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966), known by his pen-name
Cordwainer Smith , was an American author of
science fiction . He was an officer in the US Army, a noted scholar of
East Asia , and an expert in
psychological warfare . He was one of science fiction's more influential authors despite his relatively limited output and his early death at the age of 53. (
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Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian
cannibal horror film directed by
Ruggero Deodato and written by
Gianfranco Clerici . It stars
Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist who leads a rescue team into the
Amazon rainforest to locate a crew of filmmakers that have gone missing while filming a documentary on local cannibal tribes.
Produced as part of the contemporary cannibal trend of Italian exploitation cinema , Cannibal Holocaust was inspired by Italian media coverage of the Red Brigades ' terrorism. Deodato believed the news reports to be staged, an idea that became an integral aspect of the film's story. Additional story elements were also influenced by the Mondo documentaries of Gualtiero Jacopetti , particularly the presentation of the documentary crew's lost footage, which constitutes approximately half of the film. The treatment of this footage, which is noted for its visual realism , innovated the found footage style of filmmaking that was later popularized in American cinema by The Blair Witch Project Cannibal Holocaust was filmed primarily on location in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia with a cast of mostly inexperienced American and Italian actors interacting with actual indigenous peoples . (Full article...
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Plausibility, as the necessary brake and control element, has been our most essential guide.
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—Harold C. Deutsch (1904-1995), Introduction,
What If? Strategic Alternatives of WWII (December 1997).
In the poem "The Queen of Hearts", the titular queen bakes some tarts, which are then stolen by the Knave of Hearts (shown here). In the poem "The Queen of Hearts tarts , which are then stolen by the Knave of Hearts (shown here). The King of Hearts has the Knave punished, so he brings them back and pledges not to steal again. The poem was published anonymously in 1782, along with three lesser-known stanzas, all about characters based on playing cards . (POTD )
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Selected article In the
Halo universe, an
Arbiter is a ceremonial, religious, and political rank bestowed upon
Covenant Elites . In the 2004 video game
Halo 2 , the rank is given to a disgraced commander named
Thel 'Vadam as a way to atone for his failures. Although the Arbiter is intended to die serving the Covenant leadership, the
High Prophets , he survives his missions and the Prophets' subsequent betrayal of his kind. When he learns that the Prophets' plans would doom all sentient life in the galaxy, the Arbiter allies with the Covenant's enemies, humanity, in order to stop the ringworld
Halo from being activated. The Arbiter is a
playable character in
Halo 2 and its 2007 sequel
Halo 3 . The character also appears in
Halo 5: Guardians and additional expanded universe material. A different Arbiter,
Ripa 'Moramee appears in the 2009
real-time strategy game
Halo Wars , which takes place 20
years before the events of the main trilogy.
The appearance of the Arbiter in
Halo 2 and the change in perspective from the main human protagonist
Master Chief to a former enemy was a plot twist
Halo developer
Bungie kept highly secret. The character's name was changed from "
Dervish " after concerns that the name reinforced a perceived United States-versus-
Islam allegory in the game's plot. Actor
Keith David lends his voice to the character in
Halo 2 ,
3 , and
5 , while
David Sobolov voices the Arbiter of
Halo Wars . (
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