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alternate future - genre
| Word | Cite needed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| alternate future (n.) | antedating 1941 Alfred Bester, "The Probable Man" | one of several possible futures |
| alternate history (n.) | antedating 1954 Editorial matter in Fantasy & Science Fiction | a subgenre of science fiction wherein at least one aspect of history is different from that of our own world; the setting of such stories |
| alternate reality (n.) | antedating 1950 John D. MacDonald, 'Shadow on the Sand' | = alternate world |
| alternate universe (n.) | antedating 1950 in Fantasy & Science Fiction | = alternate world |
| alternate world (n.) | antedating 1944 Fritz Leiber, 'Business of Killing' | one of many possible universes, which may have different physical laws or a different history than our own |
| alternative future (n.) | antedating 1939 C. L. Moore, 'Greater than Gods' | = alternate future |
| alternative history (n.) | antedating 1976 Brian Ash, 'Who's Who in Science Fiction' | = alternate history |
| alternative reality (n.) | antedating 1941 Alfred Bester, 'The Probable Man' | = alternate world |
| alternative universe (n.) | antedating 1944 P. Schuyler Miller, 'As Never Was' | = alternate world |
| alternative world (n.) | antedating 1953 Arthur C. Clarke, 'The Other Tiger' | = alternate world |
| anime (n.) | antedating 1985 in net.comics | a Japanese animated film or television programme, drawn in a meticulously detailed style, usually featuring characters with distinctive large, staring eyes, and typically having a science-fiction or fantasy theme, sometimes including violent or sexually explicit material; this genre of entertainment |
| BEM (n.) | antedating 1940 in Thilling Wonder Stories | abbreviation for bug-eyed monster |
| big dumb object (n.) | antedating 1981 Roz Kaveny in Foundation | a large, mysterious, alien-made artifact encountered in space or on another world |
| biopunk (n.) | antedating 1993 in Science-Fiction Studies | a subgenre of science fiction which focuses on the societal effects of biotechnology and genetic engineering |
| Buck Rogers (n.) | any evidence 1959 Dick Eney, 'Fancyclopedia II' | used attributively to describe science fiction |
| Buck Rogers (n.) | antedating 1936 Lima (Ohio) News | used attributively to indicate something science-fictional, especially relating to or suggestive of stereotypical or hackneyed science fiction |
| Buck Rogers (adj.) | antedating 1946 G. Conklin, 'The Best of Science Fiction' | = science-fictional; characteristic of hackneyed or dated science fiction |
| bug-eyed monster (n.) | antedating 1939 Martin Alger in a letter to Thrilling Wonder Stories | an extra-terrestrial monster with bulging eyes |
| catastrophe (adj.) | antedating 1979 Baird Searles, et al., 'A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction' | = disaster |
| counterfactual (n.) | antedating 1997 in Interzone | a work of alternate history |
| cyberpunk (n.) | antedating 1983 Bruce Bethke, 'Cyberpunk' | a subgenre of science fiction typified by a bleak, high-tech setting in which a lawless subculture exists within an oppressive society dominated by computer technology |
| cyberpunk (n.) | antedating 1984 in the Washington Post Book World | an author of, or protagonist in, cyberpunk |
| cyberpunkish (adj.) | antedating 1989 Ian Watson in 'Nebula Awards 23' | resembling or reminiscent of cyberpunk |
| dark fantasy (n.) | antedating 1973 'Dark Fantasy', a fanzine | fantasy fiction which contains some horrific, macabre, or grotesque elements |
| dark fantasy (n.) | antedating 1987 J.N. Williamson, 'How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction' | horror |
| different story (n.) | antedating 1928 in Amazing Stories | a science fiction, fantasy, or weird story |
| disaster (adj.) | antedating 1976 Lester del Rey in Analog | describing a global catastrophe (natural, man-made, or extraterrestrial in origin) and its aftermath |
| disaster novel (n.) | antedating 1975 Martin Levin in the New York Times Book Review | a novel that deals with a global catastrophe (natural, man-made, or extraterrestrial in origin) and its aftermath |
| dystopia (n.) | antedating 1952 Negkey & Patrick, 'Quest for Utopia' | an imaginary place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible; opposite of utopia |
| dystopian (n.) | antedating 1868 J. S. Mill in 'Hansard Commons' | one who advocates or describes a dystopia |
| dystopian (adj.) | antedating 1953 Damon Knight in 'Science Fiction Adventures' | of or pertaining to a dystopia |
| dystopianism (n.) | antedating 1962 C. Walsh, 'From Utopia to Nightmare' | dystopian quality or characteristics |
| dystopic (adj.) | antedating 1967 W.H.G. Armytage in Extrapolation | of, pertaining to, or resembling a dystopia |
| edisonade (n.) | antedating 1993 John Clute, 'The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction' | a story featuring a young male inventor who uses his inventions and ingenuity to defeat his foes or to explore new territory |
| epic fantasy (n.) | antedating 1961 M. Moorcock in Amra | = high fantasy |
| epic fantasy (n.) | antedating 1961 M. Moorcock in Amra | = sword and sorcery |
| fan fiction (n.) | antedating 1944 'J. Bristol', 'Fancyclopedia' | fiction, usually fantasy or science fiction, written by a fan rather than a professional author, esp. that based on already-existing characters from a television series, book, film, etc.; (also) a piece of such writing |
| fantasist (n.) | antedating 1923 in the Glasgow Herald | a writer of fantasy |
| fantastic (n.) | antedating 1948 Joseph de Celis in Thrilling Wonder Stories | that which is fantastic |
| fantastic (n.) | antedating 1947 Paul F. Anderson in Thrilling Wonder Stories | a work of fantasy |
| fantastic (adj.) | antedating 1934 Hugo Gernsback in Wonder Stories | having the quality of fantasy |
| fantastical (n.) | antedating 1995 Kathy Maio in F&SF | that which is fantastical |
| fantasy (n.) | antedating 1934 in Wonder Stories | a genre of fiction which contains elements of magic or the supernatural, frequently set in a world other than our own |
| fantasy (n.) | antedating 1934 P. Enever (letter) in 'Wonder Stories' | a work (story, film, etc.) in the fantasy genre |
| fix-up (n.) | antedating 1975 A.E. van Vogt, 'Reflections of A.E. van Vogt' | a novel constructed from shorter material written separately |
| Frankenstein complex (n.) | antedating 1947 Isaac Asimov, 'Little Lost Robot' | the anxiety and distrust humans feel for robots |
| future history (n.) | antedating 1937 in Thrilling Wonder Stories | a fictional, self-contained, consistent, chronological framework (esp. realized across a body of work); (also) the subgenre of science fiction that uses such a framework |
| future war (n.) | antedating 1931 Editorial material in Wonder Stories | a subgenre of science fiction dealing with warfare and how it will be practiced in the future |
| gadget story (n.) | antedating 1942 'H.H. Holmes', 'Rocket to the Morgue' | a story where the primary focus is on inventions or the process of inventing |
| genre (n.) | antedating 1993 David Bischoff in Quantum | genre fiction; science fiction, fantasy, and/or horror |