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Bookmark or Share- Science fiction - Movies, TV, Genre | BritannicaScience fiction - Movies, TV, Genre: In contrast to earlier decades, traditional science fiction of the late 1960s and early ’70s reached unprecedented popularity on television and in film. American SF television series, such as Star Trek (1966–69; founded by Gene Roddenberry), may have primed film producers and audiences alike for cinema ...
- Science fiction | Definition, Books, Movies, Authors, Examples, & FactsScience fiction is a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. The term ‘science fiction’ was popularized, if not invented, in the 1920s by one of the genre’s principal advocates, the American publisher Hugo Gernsback.
- Robert A. Heinlein | Science fiction, Futurist, NovelistRobert A. Heinlein (born July 7, 1907, Butler, Missouri, U.S.—died May 8, 1988, Carmel, California) was a prolific American writer considered to be one of the most literary and sophisticated of science-fiction writers. He did much to develop the genre.
- Arthur C. Clarke | Biography, Works, & Facts | BritannicaArthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author best known for his script for and novel of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He invented the communication satellite in 1946, nearly two decades before the first such satellites launched.
- Science fiction - Origins, Genre, Authors | BritannicaScience fiction - Origins, Genre, Authors: In 1818 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley took the next major step in the evolution of science fiction when she published Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. Champions of Shelley as the “mother of science fiction” emphasize her innovative fictional scheme.
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