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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.
Joanne Rowling ( ROH -lingpen name J. K. Rowling Harry Potter best-selling book series in history , with over 600 million copies sold. She writes Cormoran Strike crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith .
Rowling conceived the idea for the
Harry Potter series in 1990. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, the birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband, and relative poverty until the first novel in the series,
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , was published in 1997. Six sequels followed, concluding with
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). In 2008,
Forbes named her the world's highest-paid author. The books have been
translated into 84 languages and have spawned a
global media franchise including
films and
video games . The series revived fantasy as a genre in the children's market, spawned a host of imitators, and inspired an
active fandom . Critical reception has been more mixed. Many reviewers see Rowling's writing as conventional; some regard her portrayal of gender and social division as regressive. There were also
religious debates over the Harry Potter series . (
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The Invisible Man science fiction novel by H. G. Wells . Originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin , a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light. He carries out this procedure on himself and renders himself invisible , but fails in his attempt to reverse it. A practitioner of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in horror fiction .
While its predecessors, The Time Machine The Island of Doctor Moreau first-person narrators , Wells adopts a third-person objective point of view in The Invisible Man . The novel is considered influential, and helped establish Wells as the "father of science fiction". (Full article...
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The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.
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Lionel Trilling (1905-1975), The Liberal Imagination (1950).
A mad scientist
Credit: Artist: J.J. McCullough
A mad scientist is a stock character , often villainous , who appears in fiction as a scientist who is insane or eccentric . He is usually working with some utterly fictional technology in order to forward his evil schemes. Recent mad scientist depictions are often satirical and humorous , and some are actually protagonists, such as Dexter in the cartoon series Dexter's Laboratory . (POTD )
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See also these convention lists: anime , comic book , furry , gaming , multigenre , and science fiction .
Selected article Randall Flagg is a fictional character created by American author
Stephen King , who has appeared in at least nine of his novels. Described as "an accomplished sorcerer and a devoted servant of the Outer Dark", he has
supernatural abilities involving
necromancy ,
prophecy , and influence over animal and human behavior. His goals typically center on bringing down civilizations through destruction and conflict. He has a variety of names, usually with the initial letters "
R. F. " but with occasional exceptions, such as
Walter o'Dim and
Marten Broadcloak in
The Dark Tower series.
Flagg first appeared in King's 1978 novel
The Stand as a
demonic figure who wreaks havoc after a
plague kills most of the world population. He makes his second appearance in the 1984 novel
The Eyes of the Dragon as an evil wizard trying to plunge the fictional
medieval city of Delain into chaos. Flagg is a primary antagonist in King's epic series,
The Dark Tower , where he works with the Satanic
Crimson King to keep protagonist
Roland Deschain from reaching the Tower – the linchpin of existence – so he can claim it for himself and become a god.
The Dark Tower expanded on Flagg's background and motivation, linking his previous appearances. Flagg was portrayed by
Jamey Sheridan in a 1994
television miniseries adaptation of The Stand , by
Matthew McConaughey in a 2017
The Dark Tower film adaptation, and by
Alexander Skarsgård in a 2020-21
television miniseries adaptation of The Stand . He has additionally appeared in adaptations of
The Dark Tower and
The Stand by
Marvel Comics . (
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