If "harmless" is enough for Earth in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy then my definitions are good enough for the encyclopaedia needed for this project.Skarin said:
Science Fiction
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Isaac Asimov is a must if you're doing science fiction. He wrote the Foundation series, as well as several other really good stories, one of my favorites being Nightfall.
Another good author to look at is Michael Crichton if you're looking for a newer author. He wrote Sphere, Congo, Eaters of the Dead, Jurassic Park, and was also the producer for the show ER.
There's tons of other things in the genre. Basically, the only rules are Clarke's three laws, but even then, mainly the third: any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Another good author to look at is Michael Crichton if you're looking for a newer author. He wrote Sphere, Congo, Eaters of the Dead, Jurassic Park, and was also the producer for the show ER.
There's tons of other things in the genre. Basically, the only rules are Clarke's three laws, but even then, mainly the third: any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Jules Verne should not be forgotten here. Together with the already mentioned HG Wells, that should be good example for the "first" Sci-Fi.
Which indeed wont be true. but true enough.
btw this may be interesting
The word "scientist" appeared for the first time in 1840, as a deliberate coinage (see Raymond Williams's discussion in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society). The term "science fiction" was used first in 1851 (in Chapter 10 of William Wilson's A Little Earnest Book upon a Great Old Subject): "Science-Fiction, in which the revealed truths of Science may be given interwoven with a pleasing story which may itself be poetical and true."
Which indeed wont be true. but true enough.
btw this may be interesting
The word "scientist" appeared for the first time in 1840, as a deliberate coinage (see Raymond Williams's discussion in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society). The term "science fiction" was used first in 1851 (in Chapter 10 of William Wilson's A Little Earnest Book upon a Great Old Subject): "Science-Fiction, in which the revealed truths of Science may be given interwoven with a pleasing story which may itself be poetical and true."
Indeed it must.londelen said:
I'll echo the wikipedia suggestions. It would at least provide and overview of the genre and the numerous sub genres [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_genre].
