Science Fiction

Science Fiction has become a very popular genre when it comes to books, movies, and even music. Science Fictions settings are often very futuristic in nature and sometimes deal with technology that has not yet been invented.

When reading about or watching anything dealing with this type of genre it tends to deal with things that could really occur in the future but have not yet been invented. Some people would tend to compare science fiction with fantasy when in actuality, fantasy is more of a made up element. Things that occur in a fantasy genre will not happen and things that could happen in the science genre could happen.

Inside of the science fiction genre also called SF are many smaller sub genres such as hard SF, superhuman issues, military SF, time travel, and cyberpunk to name a few.

Hard SF deals with all of the sciences such as physics, quantum physics, and chemistry. When an author uses this subgenre he or she tends to be able to make some accurate predictions based on his or her writings regarding the future of these sciences.

Superhuman tends to be one of the most popular types of this subgenre due to the fact that many of today's superheroes that have also been around for generations fall into this category. Superman, Spiderman, and even the Hulk are just a few of the very intimidating heroes that fly in and save the day just when things start to get sticky. These characters all have abilities that normal humans would not be able to poses which makes them even more interesting to read about or watch.

Time travel is self explanatory. This is when SF is written about regarding someone being able to travel into another time period and experience the same things that others in that time period are experiencing. One alternative to this type of writing and movies is that in some cases the character can be seen and in some cases they cannot.

Cyberpunk is the newest of the science genres because it deals solely with today's technology such as the internet, computers, and so forth. In cyberpunk there is also a slight element of government thrown in. Overall, there are several types of SF along with several subgenres.