Science Fiction, Utopia and Dystopia

From wikipedia

Science Fiction:

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible (or at least non-supernatural) content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities. Exploring the consequences of scientific innovations is one purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas".

Imaginary: Opdigtet

Plausible: Plausibel, mulig

Supernatural: Overnaturlig

Content: Indhold

Innovation:Nyskabelse

Purpose: Formål

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The settings for science fiction are often contrary to known reality, but most science fiction relies on a considerable degree of suspension of disbelief, which is facilitated in the reader's mind by potential scientific explanations or solutions to various fictional elements.

Be contrary to: Stå i modsætning til

Rely on: være Være baseret på

Suspension of disbelief: ~ "Tilsidesætte sin sunde fornuft"

Facilitate: Gøre lettere

Science fiction elements include:

• A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, or in a historical past that contradicts known facts of history or the archaeological record.
• A spatial setting or scenes in outer space (e.g., spaceflight), on other worlds, or on subterranean earth.
• Characters that include aliens, mutants, androids, or humanoid robots.
• Technology that is futuristic (e.g., ray guns, teleportation machines, humanoid computers).
• Scientific principles that are new or that contradict known laws of nature, for example time travel, wormholes, or faster-than-light travel.
• New and different political or social systems (e.g. dystopia, post-scarcity, or a post-apocalyptic situation where organized society has collapsed).
• Paranormal abilities such as mind control, telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation.

Contradict: Modsige

Subterranean: Underjordisk

Scarcity: Knaphed

Utopian and Dystopian Literature:

The utopia and its offshoot, the dystopia, are genres of literature that explore social and political structures. Utopian fiction is the creation of an ideal world, or utopia, as the setting for a novel. Dystopian fiction is the opposite: creation of a nightmare world, or dystopia.


A dystopia […] is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian.

Repressive:Undertrykkende

Guise: Dække, forklædning