Scifi

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:5 December 2019
Post category:Adventure / Readers / Science Fiction / Thrillers and Suspense

Another genre in which whole new worlds may be imagined, Science Fiction and its offshoot Science Fantasy have taken the world by storm.

Science Fiction specifically refers to stories based on known technology or that which can be assumed to be possible, given current knowledge. Science Fantasy does not rely on actual scientific knowledge or theory but allows for that which is not yet considered a potential reality.

Steampunk is a form of Science Fiction set in a nineteenth-century earth in which various inventions have been created by good or bad scientists, depending on the plot.

Aliens, other worlds, time travel, amazing inventions, exploration of outer or inner space: the possibilities for plot elements are virtually unlimited.

My own exposure to this genre included tales by Robert Heinlein (a personal favourite), movies that are now considered classic examples of bad fiction, and the immensely popular and influential Star Trek.

What was your first Scifi film or book?

[Thanks to Pete Linforth of Pixabay for the featured image.]

Tags: Aliens and Wormholes and Space Ships, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction

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I NOTICED THE SWAGGER FIRST: that arrogant saunter that said, “I’m irresistible and I know it.” He was good-looking, yes—as emphasized by the tight jeans that displayed every muscle and more than hinted at one in particular. And the chambray shirt open to show off a broad chest matted with jet hair that proclaimed his masculinity.

–excerpt from Bad Twin

GINETTE LAY STARING into darkness in the low cot by the grand canopied bed in which Lady Barton snored softly. To her surprise and dismay, the old woman had roused from her fireside dozing when she entered the room and had insisted on regaling her with more tales of the foibles and weaknesses of the aristocracy as Ginette helped her undress.

Thinking back on it, she realized there had been a subtle urgency in the manner of the viscountess. Indeed, now that she recalled her months as maid-cum-companion, she recognized that she had felt yet dismissed a sense of impendence. At first, she had wondered was it she who anticipated something vaguely threatening, or was it Lady Barton who expected some event? Now, a certainty filled her that Lady Barton’s choosing to employ her signified much more than she had guessed.

But what?

–excerpt from Propositions and Proposals

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