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Welcome to '''Concordances and Characters''', a Wiki dedicated to science fiction.
 
   
 
Welcome to '''Concordances and Characters''', a wiki dedicated to science fiction.
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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."
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Why [[science fiction]]? The following quote from an article in '''The American Interest''' by [http://io9.com/5644628 Walter Russell Mead] explains that the genre dares to address issues ignored elsewhere:
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[...] 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.
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Some scholars have disagreed. James Stupple criticizes the genre as failing to base its [[extrapolation]]s on firm empirical 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.
 
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 {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages.
 
We currently have {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages.
   
The following list pages should provide entry into the heart of Concord:
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The following list pages provide entry into the heart of this wiki:
*[[List of Authors]]
 
*[[List of Books]]
 
*[[List of Series]]
 
*[[Science Fiction Cliches]]
 
*[[List of Movies]]
 
*[[Lists of Places]]
 
:: [[Planets in Science Fiction]]
 
:: [[Fictional Lands]]
 
*[[Fictional Religions in Science Fiction]]
 
*[[Political Ideas in Science Fiction]]
 
*[[Fictional Firms in Science Fiction]]
 
*[[Lists of Things]]
 
** [[Drug References in Science Fiction]]
 
*[[Other Sources]]
 
   
*[[SF Wikipendium]]
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* [[list of Authors]]
 
* [[list of Books]]
 
* [[list of Series]]
 
* [[list of Films]]
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* [[list of Commentators]]
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* [[science Fiction Clichés]]
 
* [[list of Movies]]
   
 
* [[lists of Places]]
==Science Fiction On-line==
 
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** [[aquatic human communities]]
* [http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ Clarkesworld]
 
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** [[asteroids]]
* [http://efanzines.com/ eFanzines.com]
 
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** [[Kuiper Belt Objects]]
* [http://extrapolation.utb.edu/ Extrapolation]
 
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** [[fictional Cities on Mars]]
* [http://raygunrevival.com/index.html Ray Gun Revival]
 
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** [[fictional Cities on the Moon]]
* Darker Matter
 
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** [[fictional Cities and Towns in North America]]
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** [[fictional Universities and Colleges]]
 
** [[fictional Lands]]
 
** [[planets in Science Fiction]]
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** [[space Stations]]
   
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* [[fictional Languages]]
==Also==
 
* [http://www.sfra.org/ Science Fiction Research Association]
 
* [http://io9.com/5615023/fuck-me-ray-bradbury-is-the-best-scifi-pop-song-of-the-year Fuck Me Ray Bradbury] song tribute
 
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TV Tropes]
 
* [http://theinfosphere.org/Main_Page Futurama Wiki]
 
* [http://darkfictionreview.net/ Dark Fiction Review]
 
* [http://hedonia.net/art/powers.htm Hedonia: Utopia of a Future Passed] the Book Cover Art of Richard Powers
 
   
 
* [[fictional Religions in Science Fiction]]
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* [[political Ideas in Science Fiction]]
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* [[fictional Firms]]
 
** [[fictional Firms in Science Fiction]]
 
*** [[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]]
 
** [[drug References in Science Fiction]]
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** [[list of A.I.s]]
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** [[spaceship Names]]
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** [[telepathy]]
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** [[teleportation]]
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** [[time Travel]]
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* [[Other Sources]]
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* [[SF Wikipendium]]
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Latest revision as of 06:22, 4 November 2021

The Future is Female

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:

[...] 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 disagreed. James Stupple criticizes the genre as failing to base its extrapolations on firm empirical 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: