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+ | Welcome to '''Concordances and Characters''', a wiki dedicated to science fiction. |
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| − | What do I mean by "concordances"? In this case, I am using the term "concordance" to mean a combination of synopsis and glossary. It should consist of a synopsis of the work in question, and a definition of terms used in the work. |
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| + | Why [[science fiction]]? The following quote from an article in '''The American Interest''' by [http://io9.com/5644628/read-science-fiction-to-understand-the-things-that-mainstream-media-wont-talk-about Walter Russell Mead] explains that the genre dares to address issues ignored elsewhere: "Taken as a whole, the field of science fiction today is where most of the most interesting thought about human society can be found. At a time when many academics have become almost willfully obscure, political science is increasingly dominated by arcane and uninspiring theories and in which a fog of political correctness makes some forms of (badly needed) debate and exploration off limits, science fiction has stepped forward to fill the gap." Some scholars have diagreed. James Stupple criticizes the genre as failing to base its extropolations on firm empiricial research and for adherence to literary conventions rather than motivated by concern about the future. (Source: James Stupple. "Science Fiction: A Literature Against the Future." ''The American Scholar''. Vol. 46, No. 2, Spring 1977.) |
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| − | The works I am most interested in here are science fiction and fantasy literature, especially long series, where these kinds of guides are the most necessary to keep track of what's going on between books that may come out over a span of several years. However, in the long term I would like to make this a guide to every single proper noun ever used, so I am willing to consider other sources as well. |
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| − | The following list pages |
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*[[List of Authors]] |
*[[List of Authors]] |
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*[[List of Books]] |
*[[List of Books]] |
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| + | *[[Science Fiction Cliches]] |
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*[[List of Movies]] |
*[[List of Movies]] |
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| + | *[[Lists of Places]] |
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| + | :: [[Aquatic human communities]] |
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| + | :: [[Asteroids]] |
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| + | :: [[Kuiper Belt Objects]] |
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| + | :: [[Fictional Cities on Mars]] |
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| + | :: [[Fictional Cities on the Moon]] |
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| + | :: [[Fictional Cities and Towns in North America]] |
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| + | :: [[Fictional Universities and Colleges]] |
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| + | :: [[Fictional Lands]] |
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| + | :: [[Planets in Science Fiction]] |
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| + | :: [[Space Stations]] |
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| + | *[[Fictional Religions in Science Fiction]] |
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| + | *[[Political Ideas in Science Fiction]] |
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| + | *[[Fictional Firms]] |
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| + | :: [[Fictional Firms in Science Fiction]] |
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| + | ::: [[Fictional Banks in Science Fiction]] |
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| + | :: [[Fictional Firms in Fantasy]] |
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| + | :: [[Fictional Firms in Other Genres]] |
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| + | :: [[Fictional Labor Unions in Science Fiction]] |
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| + | *[[Lists of Things]] |
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| + | ** [[Drug References in Science Fiction]] |
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| + | ** [[List of A.I.s]] |
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*[[Other Sources]] |
*[[Other Sources]] |
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| + | *[[SF Wikipendium]] |
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Revision as of 13:50, 22 July 2019
Welcome to Concordances and Characters, a wiki dedicated to science fiction.
Why science fiction? The following quote from an article in The American Interest by Walter Russell Mead explains that the genre dares to address issues ignored elsewhere: "Taken as a whole, the field of science fiction today is where most of the most interesting thought about human society can be found. At a time when many academics have become almost willfully obscure, political science is increasingly dominated by arcane and uninspiring theories and in which a fog of political correctness makes some forms of (badly needed) debate and exploration off limits, science fiction has stepped forward to fill the gap." Some scholars have diagreed. James Stupple criticizes the genre as failing to base its extropolations on firm empiricial research and for adherence to literary conventions rather than motivated by concern about the future. (Source: James Stupple. "Science Fiction: A Literature Against the Future." The American Scholar. Vol. 46, No. 2, Spring 1977.) This site is spoiler-rich. That is, assume the entire site to be protected by a spoiler warning, so no individual page will be. Please write all pages for the intended audience of someone who has read (or seen, or otherwise experienced) the work in question.
We currently have 3,565 pages.
The following list pages provide entry into the heart of this wiki: