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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Speculative fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Speculative fiction is a term for a group of fiction defined by the concept of "What if?" As such, it includes science fiction, alternative history (fiction), horror and fantasy. |
 | | Writers such as Harlan Ellison (an outspoken advocate of the term) have deliberately rejected identification as a science fiction writer for precisely such reasons; they don't reject the science fiction genre (in which Ellison, for example, still participates) but they do reject pigeonholing their work. |
 | | The abbreviation "sf" (usually spelled in lowercase, but occasionally uppercase) is often used to indicate either speculative fiction or what is traditionally known as "science fiction". |
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