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Science fiction is a form of speculative
fiction principally dealing with the impact
of imagined science and technology upon
society and persons as individuals. In common
with most fiction, science fiction is written
mainly to entertain people.
The term "science fiction" generally refers
to any fiction that the average reader would
consider theoretically possible, but which
is not set in the past or present as we
generally conceive it to be. Even clearly
impossible fiction set in the future or
in outer space is usually considered science
fiction, if it has the trappings of science
rather than magic. Thus stories of faster-than-light
travel are generally counted as science
fiction.
It can also be argued that science fiction
is simply a modern form of fantasy, which
developed alongside of the rise of science
and technology as driving factors in modern
society. (wikipedia)
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