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{{Short description|None}} {{refimprove|date=June 2018}} {{Speculative fiction sidebar|cTopic=Science fiction}} [[File:Wormhole travel as envisioned by Les Bossinas for NASA.jpg|thumb|right|220px|While science fiction stories have many themes, exploration and discovery in space is a recurring focus.]] The following is a list of articles about recurring [[theme (narrative)|themes]] in [[science fiction]]. ==Overarching themes== {{See also|Science fiction genre}} *[[First contact (science fiction)|First contact]] with aliens *[[Artificial intelligence in fiction|Artificial intelligence]] **[[Machine rule]]/[[Cybernetic revolt]]/[[AI takeover]] *[[Extraterrestrials in fiction]] *End of humanity: [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction]] *The [[future]] **[[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction]]: Apocalypses or worldwide disasters and [[Post-apocalypse|new societies that develop after the event]] *[[History]] **[[Alternate history (fiction)|Alternate history]] **Scientific [[prediction]] of the future (e.g. [[Psychohistory (fictional)|psychohistory]]) *Human fears: [[List of science fiction horror films]] *[[Language]] **[[Alien language]]s (e.g. [[Klingon language|Klingon]], [[Hutt (Star Wars)|Hutt]]ese) **The [[Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis]] (e.g. ''[[Babel 17]]'', ''[[The Languages of Pao]]'') **[[Universal translator]]s (e.g. Babel fish) *[[Military science fiction|Military/conflicts]] **[[Interstellar war]] **[[Weapons in science fiction]] *[[Parallel universe (fiction)|Parallel world]]s or [[multiverse]] * *[[Philosophical fiction|Philosophies and philosophical ideas]] *[[Sex and sexuality in speculative fiction|Sex and sexuality]] **[[LGBT themes in speculative fiction|LGBT themes]] **[[Gender in speculative fiction|Gender]] **[[Reproduction and pregnancy in speculative fiction|Reproduction and pregnancy]] *[[Simulated reality]] and [[Simulated consciousness (science fiction)|consciousness]] *[[Social science fiction]] *[[Technological singularity]] *[[Science fantasy|Themes of fantasy fiction]] ==Beings and entities== *[[Artificial intelligence]]s **[[Android (robot)|Android]]s and [[Gynoid]] **[[Artificial life]] **[[Biological robot]] **[[Cyborg]]s **[[Robots in fiction|Robots and humanoid robots]] **[[Replicant]]s **[[Simulated consciousness (science fiction)|Simulated consciousness]] *Characters **The [[Absent-minded professor]] **The [[Golem]] **The [[Mad Scientist]] **[[Redshirt (character)|Redshirt]] **[[Space pirate|Space Pirate]] **[[Super Soldier]] *[[Cloning|Clone]]s *[[Dinosaurs in science fiction|Dinosaurs]] *[[Extraterrestrial life in culture|Extraterrestrial life]] **[[Hypothetical types of biochemistry]] **[[Alien invasion]] **[[Astrobiology]] **[[God-like alien]]s ***Principles of non-interference (e.g. [[Prime Directive]]) ***[[Message from space (science fiction)|Message from space]] *Living planets (both sentient and non-sentient) *[[Group mind (science fiction)|Hive minds]] *[[Infomorph]]s—memories, characters, and consciences of persons being uploaded to a computer or storage media *[[Mutants in fiction|Mutants]] *[[Shapeshifting|Shapeshifters]] *[[Superhuman]]s *[[Superorganism]]s *[[Symbiont]]s *[[UFOs in fiction|UFOs]] *[[Uplift (science fiction)|Uplifting]]—using technology to "raise" non-human animals to human evolutionary levels **[[Ancient astronauts]] **[[Progressorship]] ==Body and mind alterations== *[[Grinder (biohacking community)|Biohacking]]/[[Biopunk|Amateur biotechnicians]] *[[Artificial organ]]s *[[Sense#Not human analogues|Additional or improved senses]]{{page needed|date=July 2015|reason=(separate article needed)}} **[[X-ray vision]] *[[Cloning]] *[[Exocortex]] *[[Genetic engineering]] **[[Super race]] *[[Intelligence amplification]] *[[Invisibility]] *[[Life extension]], [[Biological immortality]], Universal immortalism and [[immortality]] **[[Cryonics]] **[[Digital immortality]] **[[Mind uploading in fiction|Mind uploading]] **[[Organ transplantation in fiction|Organ transplantation]] **[[Organlegging]] *[[Prosthetics in fiction|Prosthetics]] *[[Human memory|Memory]] **[[Memory erasure#In fiction|Memory erasure]]/editing **[[Memory sharing]] ***[[Group mind (science fiction)|Group mind]] **[[Mind control in popular culture|Mind control]] **[[Mind swap]] **[[Mind uploading in fiction|Mind uploading]] **[[Brain–computer interface|Neural implants to directly interface with machinery]] *[[Parapsychology|Psi powers and psychic phenomena]] **[[Clairvoyance]] **[[Precognition]] **[[Pyrokinesis]] **[[Retrocognition]] **[[Telepathy]] **[[Telekinesis]] *[[Parasites in fiction|Parasitism]]<ref name=ESF>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Parasitism and Symbiosis |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/parasitism_and_symbiosis |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |date=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Guarino2017">{{cite news |last1=Guarino |first1=Ben |title=Disgusting 'Alien' movie monster not as horrible as real things in nature |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/19/disgusting-alien-movie-monster-not-as-horrible-as-real-things-in-nature/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=19 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=Glassy2005>{{cite book |last=Glassy |first=Mark C. |title=The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubmJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA186 |year=2005 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0822-8 |pages=186 ff}}</ref><ref name=Moisseeff2014>{{cite book |last1=Moisseeff |first1=Marika |title=Aliens as an Invasive Reproductive Power in Science Fiction |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00935705 |website=HAL Archives-Ouvertes |date=23 January 2014|pages=239–257 }}</ref><ref name=Williams1997>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Robyn |last2=Field |first2=Scott |title=Behaviour, Evolutionary Games and .... Aliens |url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/kelvin/files/s223.htm |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=30 November 2017 |date=27 September 1997}}</ref> *[[Psychedelia]] *[[Resizing (fiction)|Resizing]] (size-changing, miniaturization, magnification, shrinking, and enlargement) *[[Shapeshifting]] *[[Superhuman strength]] *[[Teleportation]] *[[Transhumanism]] and [[Posthumanism]] ==Habitats== [[File:The City and the Stars - The city of Diaspar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A domed city]] *[[Artificial planet|Artificial world]]s *[[Zoo hypothesis|Alien Zoo]]—a zoo where humans are kept as exhibits *[[Arcology|Arcologies]]—enormous habitats (hyperstructures) of extremely high human population density *[[Cyberspace]]—the new, virtual territory of societal interaction *[[Domed city]] *[[Floating city (science fiction)|Floating city]] *[[Future of the Earth]] **[[Climate fiction|Climate change]]—science fiction dealing with effects of anthropogenic [[climate change]] and [[global warming]] at the end of the [[Holocene]] era *[[Megacity]] *[[Pastoral science fiction]]—science fiction set in rural, bucolic, or agrarian worlds, either on Earth or on Earth-like planets, in which advanced technologies are downplayed. *[[Seasteading]] and [[ocean colonization]] **[[Pirate utopia]] *[[Reality Television]] *[[Space colonization]] **[[Colonization of the Moon]] **[[Ecumenopolis]] **[[Pantropy]] **[[Planets in science fiction|Other planets]] ***[[Desert planet]] ****[[Mars in fiction|Mars]] **[[Terraforming|Terraformed planets]] *[[Space stations and habitats in fiction|Space stations and habitats]] *[[Underground city]] ==Political themes== *[[Adhocracy]] *[[Anarcho-capitalist literature#Fiction|Anarcho-capitalism]] *[[Capitalism]] **[[Evil corporation]] **[[Megacorporation]] **[[Neo-feudalism]] *[[Cognitive liberty]] *[[Dystopia]]s and [[utopia]]s **[[Environmental pollution]] **[[Overpopulation]] **[[Technological utopianism]] **[[Totalitarianism]] *[[Galactic empire]]s *[[Government by algorithm]] *[[Legal personality]] *[[Libertarian science fiction|Libertarianism]] *[[Mass surveillance]] *[[Telepathy|Mind reading]] and [[Brainwashing|mind control]] *[[National security state]] *[[Post-scarcity economy]] *[[Socialism]] **[[Nanosocialism]] *[[Technoethics]] **[[Bioethics]] *[[Technophobia]] *[[Techno-progressivism]] *[[Terrorism]] **[[Bio-terrorism]] **[[Eco-terrorism in fiction|Eco-terrorism]] *[[Libertarian science fiction|Totalitarianism vs. Libertarianism]] ==Technologies== {{See also|Fictional technology|Technology in science fiction}} *[[Artificial gravity]] *[[Artificial intelligence]] *[[Asteroid mining]] *[[Astronomical engineering]] *[[Brain–computer interface]] *[[Cloaking device]] *[[List of emerging technologies|Emerging technologies]] *[[Robots in fiction|Robots]] *[[Self-replicating machine]]s *[[Simulated reality]] *[[Star lifting]] and [[stellar engineering]] *[[Stasis (fiction)|Stasis device]] *[[Mecha]] *[[Megascale engineering]] and [[planetary engineering]] **[[Megastructure]]s **[[Dyson sphere]] *[[Molecular manufacturing]] and [[Nanotechnology]] **[[Molecular assembler]] *Alien technology *[[Virtual reality]], [[mixed reality]], [[augmented reality]] **[[Infosphere]] **[[Metaverse]] *[[Weapons in science fiction]] ==Travel== *[[Accidental travel]] *[[Space colonization|Colonization]] of other planets, moons, [[asteroid]]s, etc. **[[Embryo space colonization]] **[[Generation ship]] **[[Interstellar ark]] **[[Uploaded astronaut]] **[[Terraforming]] *[[Space exploration]] **[[Interstellar travel]]/[[Starship]]s ***[[Faster-than-light|Faster-than-light travel and communications]] ****[[Hyperspace]] ****[[Slipstream (science fiction)|Slipstream]] ****[[Alcubierre drive|Warp drive]]s ****[[Wormhole]]s ****[[Ansible]]s ***Close to light speed ****[[Bussard ramjet]]s ****[[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s NAFAL ships, and the [[Twin paradox]] ***Much slower than light ****[[Generation ship]] ****[[Sleeper ship]] **[[Space stations]] *[[Teleportation]] **[[Teletransporter]] *[[Time travel]] **[[Alternate history]]: time travel can be used as a plot device to explore [[Parallel universe (fiction)|parallel universes]]. While alternate history has its own category (see above), it often occurs in time travel stories as well. **[[Time travel in fiction#Alternate future|Alternate future]] **[[Time loop]] *[[Travel to the Earth's center]] **[[Hollow Earth]] ==See also== * [[Biology in fiction]] * [[Fantasy tropes]] * [[Outline of science fiction]] * [[Protoscience]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Science fiction}} {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Science Fiction Themes}} [[Category:Literature lists|Science fiction themes]] [[Category:Science fiction themes| ]]
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