Editing Science fiction (section)

==Elements==
[[File:Future_Birthplace_of_Captain_James_T_Kirk.jpg|thumb|Plaque at [[Riverside, Iowa]], to honor the "future birth" of ''[[Star Trek]]''{{'}}s [[James T. Kirk]]]]

Science fiction elements can include, among others:
*Temporal settings in the future, or in [[alternative histories]];<ref name=counterfact>{{cite journal|first=Martin |last=Bunzl |author-link=Martin Bunzl |title=Counterfactual History: A User's Guide |url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/109.3/bunzl.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041013011910/http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/109.3/bunzl.html |archive-date=13 October 2004 |journal=American Historical Review |date=June 2004 |volume=109 |issue=3 |pages=845–858 |doi=10.1086/530560 |access-date=2 June 2009 }}</ref>
* Predicted or speculative technology such as [[brain-computer interface]], [[bio-engineering]], [[superintelligent]] [[computer]]s, [[robot]]s, [[ray guns]], and other [[Weapons in science fiction|advanced weapons]];<ref name="GW"/><ref name="How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy"/>
*[[Space travel in science fiction|Space travel]], settings in [[outer space]], on other worlds, in [[Hollow Earth|subterranean earth]],<ref name="DK-2015">{{Cite book |title=The Sherlock Holmes Book |publisher=[[DK (publisher)|DK]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-4654-3849-2 |editor-last=Davies |editor-first=David Stuart |editor-link=David Stuart Davies |edition=First American |location=New York |page=259 |editor-last2=Forshaw |editor-first2=Barry |editor-link2=Barry Forshaw}}</ref> or in [[Parallel universe (fiction)#Science fiction|parallel universes]];<ref name="britannica"/>
* [[biology in fiction|Fictional concepts in biology]] such as [[Extraterrestrial life|aliens]], [[Mutants in fiction|mutants]], and [[enhanced human]]s;<ref name="GW">{{cite book |last= Westfahl |first= Gary |author-link= Gary Westfahl |chapter= Aliens in Space |title= The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders |editor= [[Gary Westfahl]] |location= Westport, Conn. |publisher= [[Greenwood Press]] |year= 2005 |volume=1 |pages= 14–16 |isbn= 978-0-313-32951-7}}</ref><ref name=Parker>{{cite book |last1=Parker |first1=Helen N. |title=Biological Themes in Modern Science Fiction |date=1977 |publisher=UMI Research Press}}</ref>
* Undiscovered scientific possibilities such as [[teleportation]], [[time travel]], and [[faster-than-light]] travel or [[Ansible|communication]];<ref>{{citation|title=The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature|chapter=Utopia, dystopia, and science fiction|author=Peter Fitting|editor=Gregory Claeys|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2010|pages=138–139}}</ref>
* New and different political and social systems and situations, including [[utopian]],<ref name="DK-2015" /> [[dystopia]]n, [[post-apocalyptic]], or [[post-scarcity]];<ref>{{cite book | last = Hartwell | first = David G. | title = Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction| publisher = Tor Books | year =1996 | pages = 109–131 | isbn = 978-0-312-86235-0 }}</ref>
* [[Future history]] and [[speculative evolution]] of humans on Earth or on other planets;<ref name="Ashley">Ashley, M. (April 1989). The Immortal Professor, Astro Adventures No.7, p.6.</ref>
* [[Paranormal]] abilities such as [[Mind control in popular culture|mind control]], [[telepathy]], and [[telekinesis]].<ref>{{cite book|author=H. G. Stratmann|title=Using Medicine in Science Fiction: The SF Writer's Guide to Human Biology|page=227|publisher=Springer, 2015|isbn=978-3-319-16015-3|date=14 September 2015}}</ref>