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Subgenre Challenge: Sci-Fi
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SUB-GENRES OF SCIENCE FICTION
Alien Conspiracy: Fiction in which the existence of alien life, or a government’s interaction with alien intelligences, has been hidden from public knowledge.
Alien Invasion: Fiction in which aliens attempt to invade the Earth, either through military conquest, political subversion or a campaign of mass extermination.
Alternate History: Although not strictly Scifi, this is a branch of the speculative fiction tree that frequently converges with the ‘social science fiction’, ‘time travel’ and ‘parallel worlds’ subgenres of science fiction. Alternate history stories are set in a world in which history has taken a different course. Often, a single event is identified as the beginning of this change; the assassination of Hitler, for example.
Apocalyptic Science Fiction: Fiction concerning a cataclysmic event, typically ending in the decline of the human race, human extinction, societal upheaval or the total destruction of the Earth itself.
Arcanepunk: The word Arcanepunk refers to a fantasy world where both magic and science exist. It applies to a genre or a design. The magic and science are advanced enough that most people have access. Not everyone is a scientist or wizard, but most people know how to use technologic and magic items. Scientific knowledge is comparable to the late 19th century or more advanced. This genre is often old fashioned, either by borrowing in Fantasy or Steampunk. In most cases, magic and science have evolved in parallel. People use technomagic devices based on magic and science. Coal, oil and electricity are often replaced by crystals, mana or glyphs.
Bestiary: Worlds populated with unicorns or cat-people or sentient frill-necked lizards. A kind of 2-dimensional alien, created by authors wanting their ‘aliens’ to seem more human. Anne McCaffrey is noted for creating dubious ‘evolved animals,’ such as her Acorna - Unicorn Girl Series, or her Cat-People from the Doona novels.
Biopunk: Biopunk is similar to Cyberpunk, except that it focuses on the use of bio-technology and genetic engineering rather than computer technology. Genetic manipulation, body modification and eugenics are all common themes in Biopunk literature, as are social decline and political repression.
Christian Science Fiction: Christian Science Fiction is a subgenre of both Christian literature and science fiction, in which there are strong Christian themes, or which are written from a Christian point of view. These themes may be subtle, expressed by way of analogy, or more explicit. Major influences include early Science Fiction authors such as C. S. Lewis, while more recent figures include Stephen Lawhead and Tim LaHaye.
Cross-genre: Cross-genre stories defy easy distinctions between Science Fiction and other genres, such as Fantasy (“if it's psychic power, it’s science fiction; if it’s magic, it’s fantasy”). Christopher Stasheff’s Warlock in Spite of Himself series, for example, places a space-traveling agent on a planet apparently populated by witches, werewolves, and other Fantasy beings. Such novels may also blend Science Fiction and Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and even Westerns (as in the Brisco County television series).
Cybernetics/Cyberpunk: Fiction relating to the science of cybernetics, which views nature as a series of interconnecting mechanical systems. Specifically, Cyberpunk deals with the link between biology and computer technology, and explores humanity’s changing relationship with computer systems. Virtual reality, prosthetics, cyborgs and internet fraud are all part of the cyberpunk niche, and usually go hand-in-hand with social decline.
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The Dying Earth: The Dying Earth subgenre is a sub-category of Science Fiction, Fantasy or Science Fantasy which takes place in the far future at either the end of life on Earth or the End of Time, when the laws of the universe themselves fail. Themes of world-weariness, innocence (wounded or otherwise), idealism, entropy, (permanent) exhaustion/depletion of many or all resources (such as soil nutrients), and the hope of renewal tend to pre-dominate. The Dying Earth genre differs from the apocalyptic sub-genre in that it deals not with catastrophic destruction, but with entropic exhaustion of the Earth.
Dystopian Fiction: Dystopian fiction deals with political repression and police states. A dystopian society is one in which freedoms are limited and conventional morality has been in some way perverted. This is the opposite of a utopian society. The flagship work in this subgenre is undoubtedly George Orwell’s 1984.
Erotic Science Fiction: Sexually explicit science fiction designed to titillate readers/viewers.
Feminist Science Fiction: Feminist Science Fiction is a sub-genre of Science Fiction which tends to deal with women’s roles in society. Feminist science fiction poses questions about social issues such as how society constructs gender roles, the role reproduction plays in defining gender and the unequal political and personal power of men and women. Some of the most notable feminist science fiction works have illustrated these themes using utopias to explore a society in which gender differences or gender power imbalances do not exist, or dystopias to explore worlds in which gender inequalities are intensified, thus asserting a need for feminist work to continue.
First Contact: First Contact explores the initial meeting between humans and aliens, ranging from horrific tales of invasions to stories of benign visitors bearing the secrets of advanced technologies and world peace (or irony, as in The Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man” -- the one that ended, “It's a cookbook!”). The meeting may occur on Earth, in space, or on another planet.
Gothic Science Fiction: A blurring of the line between science fiction and Gothic fiction. Gothic science fiction often takes conventional Gothic concepts (mythology, magic, monsters etc.) and attempts to explain them scientifically. A good example of this would be vampirism explained as a rare blood disease.
Hard Science Fiction: Science Fiction in which science and technology take center-stage, or in which scientific concepts are explained in detail. Hard SF is typically concept heavy, and attempts to provide scientific realism, often at the expense of character development and plot.
Libertarian Science Fiction: Libertarian Science Fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that focuses on the politics and social order implied by libertarian philosophies with an emphasis on individualism and a limited state—and in some cases, no state whatsoever. Authors include: L. Neil Smith, Ayn Rand, Robert A. Heinlein, Victor Koman, Brad Linaweaver, S. Andrew Swann, Michael Z. Williamson, and John C. Wright.
Lost Worlds: Essentially a continuation of Jules Verne’s ‘voyage extrordinares’, this is more a story-telling format than it is a genre. It concerns voyages to forgotten lands (islands, lost continents, isolated jungles etc.) and the discovery therein of scientific wonders (living dinosaurs, ancient technology, the secret of Atlantis etc.).
Military Science Fiction: Science Fiction with a distinctly military theme. Characters are usually members of a military organization, and the plot will generally revolve around a war and/or military conflict. Duty, honor, heroism and other military clichés are par for the course.
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Mundane Science Fiction: Science fiction using only currently available or ‘achievable’ technology. This usually discounts faster-than-light travel. The aim is to create realism and explore science fiction ideas that are a little closer to home, such as the colonization of worlds in our own solar system.
Mundane Science Fiction is as much a movement as it is a genre, and recognizes the huge impact that Science Fiction has on our society. It aims to promote a more realistic view of our universe so as to avoid future disillusionment. It is hoped that this will lead to a greater appreciation of the natural wonders and abundant resources that exist on our own world, and those close by.
Nanopunk: Nanopunk is closely related to Cyberpunk and Biopunk, but focuses largely on the use of microscopic machinery (or nanotechnology).
Near-future Science Fiction: Near-future Science Fiction takes place in the present day or in the next few decades. Elements of the setting should be familiar to the reader, and the technology may be current or in development. Stories about nanotechnology or genetics, such as Greg Bear's Blood Music, often fall into this category.
New Wave Science Fiction: New Wave is a term applied to science fiction produced in the 1960s and 1970s and characterized by a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content, a “literary” or artistic sensibility, and a focus on “soft” as opposed to hard science.
The term New Wave refers to the science fiction of the 1960s which emphasized stylistic experimentation and literary merit over scientific accuracy or prediction. It was conceived as a deliberate break from the traditions of pulp SF, which many of the writers involved considered irrelevant and unambitious.
Writers include Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin and James Tiptree, Jr.
Parallel Worlds: Fiction concerning travel to parallel universes, in which the world is slightly different from our own. The theory of parallel universes states that there are an infinite number of these alternate worlds. The traditional way to visit them is via a wormhole (or ‘Einstein-Rosen bridge’).
Post-apocalyptic Fiction: Fiction set in the aftermath of a cataclysmic event, in which the world, and human civilization, has been radically altered. Post-apocalyptic landscapes are typically grim, with survivors facing multiple dangers, such as violence, starvation, radiation, extreme weather and even mutants.
Pulp Science Fiction: The term ‘pulp’ refers to the cheaply produced paper on which many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s were printed. This is not a true genre of Science Fiction but indicates a specific era of publishing.
Recursive Science Fiction: In the words of author Mike Resnick, this is “science fiction about science fiction”. More precisely, it is Science Fiction in which there are multiple references to other Scifi works, or which attempts to examine, parody or pay homage to existing science fiction works (or the genre itself).
Retro Futurism: Retro Futurism does for 1950s American Pulp Science Fiction what Steampunk does for the works of Verne and Wells. It is an attempt to recapture the spirit of (or parody) ’the golden age of science fiction’.
Robot Fiction: Fiction in which the science of robotics is a central theme, typically relating to work of Isaac Asimov and the ideas advanced in his Robot stories.
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Scientific Romance: This label was widely used before the term ‘science fiction’ was coined. It generally refers to the works of early British Scifi writers, such as H.G Wells, but can also refer to stories written in a similar style, or with similar themes.
SciFi Comedy: Science Fiction that is humorous in nature. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a good example of SciFi Comedy.
SciFi Fanfiction or Fanfic: Stories written by fans of an existing science fiction franchise, using previously established characters and concepts.
SciFi Fantasy (or Science Fantasy): Works that bridge the boundaries of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. Concepts traditionally belonging to science fiction (space travel, robots etc) appear alongside those usually associated with fantasy (magic, mythology etc.).
SciFi/Horror: Works that bridge the boundaries of both the science fiction and horror genres. The Alien movies are a good example of SciFi/Horror.
Slip-Stream: A post-modern crossover, where elements of Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction and/or Fantasy merge with contemporary and mainstream literature. This is a highly dubious genre, which may or may not fall under the greater Science Fiction umbrella. Sometimes defined as the indefinable it may or may not exist, according to some critics, who see it as a kind of homeless shelter for those works that cannot be easily classified. Slipstream’s tendency toward the absurd is sometimes seen to be at odds with mainstream Science Fiction.
Social Science Fiction: Fiction in which future societies are extrapolated, explained and often criticized, usually for the purpose of social satire. The social sciences are the over-riding theme in this type of fiction; however, science and technology will usually play a central role in the structure of the extrapolated society.
Some writers of Social Science Fiction choose to label their work as ‘speculative fiction’, perhaps to avoid the stigma attached to Science Fiction, and especially when science and technology are not central to the plot (see ‘Speculative Fiction’).
Soft Science Fiction: Science Fiction in which science and technology take a back-seat to character-driven plots. In soft SF, the how is much less important than the why.
Space Opera: Space Opera is one of the more confusing and ill-defined terms that the genre has to offer. It typically refers to long-running Science Fiction series with continuing story arcs. These are usually set in space (or involve travel between two or more planets), have a large number of recurring characters and focus on large-scale (or “epic”) fictional events, such as galactic wars.
Recurring themes in space opera include politics, imperialism, colonialism, war, space exploration, heroism and rebellion.
Space Western: Science Fiction in which a future space-bourne society portrayed as being like that of the American West. The comparison may be literal, with astronauts wearing cowboy hats and sporting Colt revolvers; or figurative, depicting a lawless society of traders and pioneers.
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SpyFi: SpyFi is a descriptive category that brings espionage into the future, with clever high-tech duels. Often the technological gadgets are "way over the top," in a spoofish fashion.
Speculative fiction: Speculative fiction is an umbrella term, encompassing the larger genres of science fiction, fantasy, supernatural fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, alternate history and horror. Writers of social science fiction often refer to their work as speculative fiction, perhaps to avoid the stigma attached to science fiction.
Steampunk: Steampunk merges the science fiction genre with alternate history and the design aesthetic of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. It is a literary genre, a style of dress and an artistic movement all rolled into one.
Since the 1980′s Steampunk has grown beyond a simple literary genre and expanded into a large-scale artistic and cultural movement. Central to this movement is the belief that 19th Century literature (the works of Jules Verne and H.G Wells in particular), technology and fashion was more aesthetically appealing, and ultimately more durable than those produced by today’s ‘throw-away’ culture.
Superhero Fiction: Opinion varies on whether or not stories about superheroes belong to the Science Fiction or Fantasy genres. Personally, I’ve always felt that this type of literature (and media) belongs in a genre of its own, having its own set of rules, themes and characteristics. The level of scientific realism employed by such a work can affect the degree to which it is ‘accepted’ into the genre. Generally speaking, however, superhero fiction is thought to be a Scifi subgenre, whether we like it or not.
Sword and Planet SF: Sword and Planet SF brings a medieval aspect to interstellar space. Poul Anderson's "English Empire" novels literally transport English knights into rulership of alien worlds.
Time Travel (Time Punk): Science Fiction in which the character/characters travel into the past or future. This often merges with the ‘alternate history’ and ‘parallel worlds’ subgenres.
Voyages Extraordinaires: Jules Verne used this term to categorize his works, long before the term ‘science fiction’ was coined. It means “extraordinary voyages” and says as much about the exploratory format of his stories as it does about the fantastical ideas they contained. Today, the term may be attached to works that are directly inspired by Verne, or which follow the same format and imbue the same spirit of adventure.
Utopian: Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and fictional societies portrayed in literature. It has spawned other concepts, most prominently dystopia.
Xenofiction: Xenofiction is a subgenre that features cultures extremely different from our familiar ones. For example, Iain M. Bank’s novel Excession features huge sentient spaceships. Ian McDonald’s novel The Broken Land has disembodied human heads (supported by an advanced if undescribed technology) acting as willful characters. The Star Trek canon’s Borg are another popular example.
Zombie Fiction: While Zombie Fiction is also claimed by the Horror and Fantasy genres, it is sometimes considered to be Science Fiction at it core. An individual zombie story may fall into any one or more of these categories, depending on its content and theme. However, most Zombie Fiction falls under the ‘post-apocalyptic’ heading (taking place during or after a ‘zombie apocalypse’), and can therefore be categorized as Scifi (if not Scifi-Horror).
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Subgenre Challenge: Sci-Fi
Jumping Dimensions - 41-50 books
@ Warp Speed
Alien Conspiracy:
Alien Invasion:
Alternate History:
Apocalyptic Science Fiction:
The Dying Earth:
Dystopian Fiction:
First Contact:
Lost Worlds:
New Wave Science Fiction:
Parallel Worlds:
Post-apocalyptic Fiction:
Pulp Science Fiction:
Retro Futurism:
Robot Fiction:
Scientific Romance:
SciFi Comedy:
SciFi Fantasy (or Science Fantasy):
SciFi/Horror:
Space Opera:
Speculative fiction:
Steampunk:
Superhero Fiction:
Time Travel (Time Punk):
Voyages Extraordinaires:
Zombie Fiction:
Jumping Dimensions - 41-50 books
@ Warp Speed
Alien Conspiracy:
Alien Invasion:
Alternate History:
Apocalyptic Science Fiction:
The Dying Earth:
Dystopian Fiction:
First Contact:
Lost Worlds:
New Wave Science Fiction:
Parallel Worlds:
Post-apocalyptic Fiction:
Pulp Science Fiction:
Retro Futurism:
Robot Fiction:
Scientific Romance:
SciFi Comedy:
SciFi Fantasy (or Science Fantasy):
SciFi/Horror:
Space Opera:
Speculative fiction:
Steampunk:
Superhero Fiction:
Time Travel (Time Punk):
Voyages Extraordinaires:
Zombie Fiction:
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Sub-Genre Challenge: Sci-FiGoal: ~~Time Rider~~ 21-30 books
Alternate History:
Arcanepunk:
Cybernetics/Cyberpunk
Dystopian Fiction:
✔Gothic Science Fiction
Military Science Fiction:
✔Parallel Worlds:
✔Post-Apocalyptic Fiction:
Robot Fiction:
SciFi Comedy:
✔SciFi fantasy:
SciFi/Horror:
Soft Science Fiction:
✔Space Opera:
✔Space Western:
Steampunk:
✔Time Travel (Timepunk):
✔Zombie Fiction:
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Thanks mods..I have actually not even heard of a lot of these sub genres and I am looking forward to discovering something new!
This is definitely my cup of tea. A great idea. I'm in.I will add as I go.
Duration: 01/15/14 - until completed
Time Rider @ Warp Speed (15 sub-genres, two books from each category)
Completed: 2/30
Post-apocalyptic Fiction:
Alternate History:
Military Science Fiction:
Cross-genre:
✔ 01/15/14 ****Bestiary:
✔ 02/07/14 ****
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Subgenre Challenge: Sci-Fi Duration: Ongoing
Level: Star Trooper @ Warp Speed!
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This looks fun! I'm more of an epic fantasy girl but I think I should try some more scifi. I'll start with Intergalactic Stowaway (5 books) and work my way up.
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Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges (All the Mods) wrote: "BTW, we will probably do one for Fantasy, but it will be later."YES!! You just made my day :D.
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Subgenre: Science Fiction ChallengeSpaceship Pirate: 1/10
Alien Invasion: The War of the Worlds
Alternate History: His Majesty's Dragon
Apocalyptic Science Fiction: The Strain
Dystopian Fiction: On Such a Full Sea
Gothic Science Fiction:
Post-apocalyptic Fiction: Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
Space Opera: Consider Phlebas
Time Travel (Time Punk): The Anubis Gates
Utopian: The Giver
Zombie Fiction: Feed
Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges (All the Mods) wrote: "Maybe I can run it by you first, Amanda?"Sure, I'd love that :).
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Fabulous, Amanda. Thanks!
Can I pick a level for multiple at once? For example, Time Rider Dystopia, Teleporter Sci-Fi Fantasy, Star Trooper Steampunk?
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Sure.
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Sci-Fi Fantasy at Time-Rider Completed: 5/21-30
1. Artemis Fowl
2. Cold Magic
3. Cold Fire
4. The Blue Sword
5. The Looking Glass Wars
Time Travel at Intergalactic Stowaway
Completed 0/5
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Dystopia at Time-Rider
Completed: 10/21-30
1. Unraveling
2. I'm Starved for You
3. Uninvited
4. The Summer Prince
5. Into the Still Blue
6. The Year of the Flood
7. The Rules
8. Ignite Me
9. Landry Park
Steampunk at Spaceship Pirate
Completed: 5/10
1. The Unnaturalists
2. A Spark Unseen
3. Cold Magic
4. Cold Fire
5. The Looking Glass Wars
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Alternate History at Intergalactic Stowaway
Completed: 4/5
1. The Bone Season
2. The Unnaturalists
3. Cold Magic
4. Cold Fire
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You guys are killing me with these subgenre challenges. I have to try all of them now! :)Level: Star Trooper (11-20 books)
Duration: 1/1/14 - 12/31/15 (2 years)
Completed: 0/17 books
Alternate History:
Apocalyptic Science Fiction:
Arcanepunk:
Biopunk:
Cybernetics/Cyberpunk:
Dystopian Fiction:
Gothic Science Fiction:
Military Science Fiction:
Post-apocalyptic Fiction:
Robot Fiction:
Space Opera:
Space Western:
SpyFi:
Speculative Fiction:
Steampunk:
Sword and Planet SF:
Time Travel (Time Punk):
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Im going to read a book for every category will post my list later tonight! Subgenre Challenge: Sci-Fi
Jumping Dimensions - 41-50 books
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Hi, I'm loving Sci Fi right now, so I'll give this challenge a go...2014 Subgenre Challenge: Sci-Fi
Level: Timerider 21-30 books
Dates: 1/1/2014 - 31/12/14
Completed: 19/21-30
Utopian
1. The Giver by Lois Lowry ★★★★★ Read 10/1/14
Sci-Fi Fantasy
1. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card ★★★★ Read 25/1/14
2. Lexicon by Max Barry ★★★★1/2 Read 31/1/14
Dystopian
1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood ★★★★★ Read 6/2/14
2. Sand Omnibus by Hugh Howey ★★★★ Read 13/2/14
3. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry ★★★★★ Read 4/3/14
4. Messenger by Lois Lowry ★★★★ Read 31/3/14
5. Son by Lois Lowry ★★★★ Read 7/5/14
6. The Moon Dwellers by David Estes ★★★★ Read 10/5/14
7. 1984 by George Orwell ★★★★ Read 24/5/14
Time Travel
1. Pivot Point by Kasie West ★★★★ Read 14/3/14
2. Timebound by Rysa Walker ★★★★★ Read 4/5/14
3. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells ★★★ Read 2/6/14
Speculative Fiction
1. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood ★★★★1/2 Read 17/4/14
Apocalyptic Fiction
1. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood ★★★1/2 Read 15/5/14
Sci-Fi FanFiction
1. The Zodiac Paradox] by Christa Faust ★★★★1/2 Read 19/6/14
Christian Science Fiction
1. Left Behind by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins ★★★★★ Read 27/6/14
2. Tribulation Force by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins ★★★★1/2 Read 16/7/14
3 Anomaly by Krista McGee★★★★ Read 16/8/14
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Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges (All the Mods) wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Heather!"Thanks :)
Level: Time RiderDuration: May 2014 - Until Completed
Completed: 5/30 books
1. Alien Invasion - The War of the Worlds
2. Alternate History - The Years of Rice and Salt
3. Apocalyptic SF - The Sheep Look Up
4. Biopunk - Dawn
5. Cyberpunk - The Windup Girl
6. The Dying Earth - Hothouse
7. Dystopian - Life As We Knew It or Not a Drop to Drink
8. Feminist SF - Archetype
9. First Contact - The Best of All Possible Worlds
10. Hard SF - Red Mars✔ Completed 5/19/2014 *****
11. Libertarian SF - Stranger in a Strange Land
12. Lost Worlds - Jurassic Park
13. Military SF - Caliban's War✔ Completed 7/4/2014 ***
14. Mundane SF - The Martian
15. Near-future SF - Contact or Influx
16. Parallel Worlds - InterWorld
17. Post Apocalyptic - The Road or Far North
18. Robot Fiction - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
19. Scientific Romance - The Time Machine
20. SciFi Comedy - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
21. SciFi Fantasy - Pandora's Star
22. SciFi Horror - Leviathan Wakes✔ Completed 6/13/2014 *****
23. Social SF - Dune
24. Soft SF - Across the Universe✔ Completed 5/11/2014***
25. Space Opera - House of Suns✔ Completed 6/22/2014 *****
26. Speculative Fiction - 1984
27. Steampunk - Leviathan
28. Time Travel - Doomsday Book✔ Completed 6/10/2014 *****
29. Utopian - The Golden Age
30. Zombie SF - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War✔ Completed 7/23/2014 ***
Parade of Covers! (Completed Books)
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Thanks! I am having fun picking all these books out! I really should be working instead of playing on Goodreads. HA!
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Hi can someone help, what would be the difference between Apocalyptic and Post Apocalyptic fiction? Eg Atwood's Oryx and Crake is set in both the before and after the cataclysmic event.
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The first is during the Apocalypse, the second is set in the aftermath. If that book covers both, I would say you could apply it to either. Your choice.
Subgenre Challenge: Sci-Fi Starting April 2014
Jumping Dimensions - 41-50 books
@ Warp Speed
Alien Conspiracy:
Alien Invasion:
Alternate History:
Apocalyptic Science Fiction:
Biopunk (Genetic Engineering):
Cyberpunk (Humanity's relationship with computer systems):
The Dying Earth:
Dystopian Fiction:
First Contact:
Lost Worlds:
Near Future Science Fiction:
New Wave Science Fiction:
Parallel Worlds:
Post-apocalyptic Fiction:
Pulp Science Fiction:
Recursive Science Fiction (References to Other SF/Metafiction):
Retro Futurism:
Robot Fiction:
Scientific Romance:
SciFi Comedy:
SciFi Fantasy (or Science Fantasy):
SciFi/Horror:
Space Opera:
Speculative fiction:
Steampunk:
Superhero Fiction:
Time Travel (Time Punk):
Voyages Extraordinaires:
Zombie Fiction:
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Updated Post 38! 4 down, 26 to go!Just finished Leviathan Wakes and I LOVED it! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys science fiction, but doesn't want to feel overwhelmed by scientific jargon. I would have read it in one sitting if I didn't have to work for a living! :)
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Duration: You set the pace!
Rules: Pick a level! Then read books that fall under these fifty (50) Science Fiction Sub-genres listed below.
There is sure to be some overlap; you may use different books from the same series in more than one category. For example, Neuromancer, by William Gibson, falls under both “Cyberpunk” and “Dystopian Fiction.”
Remember to check out GR’s listopia (see “how to” screen under spoiler). (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
Levels: Sub-genres and their definitions from: