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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.
Liv Rundgren Tyler Liv Rundgren ; July 1, 1977) is an American actress. She began her career as a model before making her film debut in Silent Fall Heavy Empire Records Stealing Beauty That Thing You Do! Inventing the Abbotts Armageddon Cookie's Fortune One Night at McCool's Arwen Undómiel in the Lord of the Rings highest-grossing film series of all time .
Tyler subsequently appeared in a variety of roles, including the films
Jersey Girl (2004),
Lonesome Jim (2005),
Reign Over Me (2007),
The Strangers (2008),
Robot & Frank (2012),
Space Station 76 (2014),
Wildling (2018), and
Ad Astra (2019). She has also starred as
Betty Ross in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films
The Incredible Hulk (2008) and
Captain America: Brave New World (2025). In television, she has starred in the
HBO supernatural drama series
The Leftovers (2014–2017), the
BBC period drama
Gunpowder (2017),
Harlots (2018–2019) and the
Fox series
9-1-1: Lone Star (2020). (
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Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American
action-adventure film directed by
Steven Spielberg and written by
Lawrence Kasdan , based on a story by
George Lucas and
Philip Kaufman . Set in 1936, the film stars
Harrison Ford as
Indiana Jones , a globetrotting
archaeologist vying with
Nazi German forces to recover the long-lost
Ark of the Covenant which is said to make an army invincible. Teaming up with his tough former romantic interest
Marion Ravenwood (
Karen Allen ), Jones races to stop rival archaeologist
René Belloq (
Paul Freeman ) from guiding the Nazis to the Ark and its power.
Lucas conceived Raiders of the Lost Ark in the early 1970s. Seeking to modernize the serial films of the early 20th century, he developed the idea further with Kaufman, who suggested the Ark as the film's goal. Lucas eventually focused on developing his 1977 film Star Wars Raiders of the Lost Ark resumed that year when he shared the idea with Spielberg, who joined the project several months later. While the pair had ideas for set pieces and stunts for the film, they hired Kasdan to fill in the narrative gaps between them. Principal photography began in June 1980 on a $20 million budget, and concluded that September. Filming took place on sets at Elstree Studios , England, and on location mainly in La Rochelle , France, Tunisia, and Hawaii. (Full article...
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It is easy to argue persuasively the truism that the lessons of history are best derived from what actually happened, rather than from what nearly happened. It should be added, however, that what happened becomes more fully comprehensible in the light of the contending forces that existed at moments of decision. Understanding of the total historical setting is bound to contribute to a clearer view of the actual course of affairs.
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Harold C. Deutsch (1904-1995), Introduction,
What If? Strategic Alternatives of WWII (December 1997).
The Wicked Witch of The West, melting after being doused by Dorothy. From the first edition of The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy (left) douses the Wicked Witch of the West L. Frank Baum 's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1939 film adaptation of the novel has become an archetype for human wickedness. This film is the source of the oft-quoted phrase, "I'll get you, my pretty ... and your little dog too!" The unique Broadway musical, Wicked, The Untold Story Of the Witches of Oz, tells of The Wicked Witch of the West, the Tin Man, The Cowardly Lion, The Scarecrow, and Glinda's shared history. (POTD )
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Selected article Uncanny Tales was a Canadian
science fiction pulp magazine edited by Melvin R. Colby that ran from November 1940 to September 1943. It was created in response to the wartime reduction of imports on British and American science-fiction
pulp magazines . Initially it contained stories only from Canadian authors, with much of its contents supplied by
Thomas P. Kelley , but within a few issues Colby began to obtain reprint rights to American stories from
Donald A. Wollheim and
Sam Moskowitz . Wollheim's and Moskowitz's later accounts of the relationship with Colby differ. Moskowitz reported that he found out via an acquaintance of Wollheim's that Colby had been persuaded by Wollheim to stop buying Moskowitz's submissions. Paper shortages forced the magazine to shut down after less than three years. It is now extremely rare. (
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Dr. Robotnik seizes control in 3224 of the planet Mobius, the name of the former planet Earth .In the year 500,000,000,000,000,000,000 (500 quintillion), the last descendants of humanity make some changes to our near present in order to release the universe's vacuum energy, spawn new universes, and prevent the Big Freeze from happening.
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