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  2. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Wikipedia

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    There was also a CD-ROM version in 1995, styled variously as The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Grolier Science Fiction. [4] This contained text updates through 1995, hundreds of book covers and author photos, a small number of old film trailers, and author video clips taken from the TVOntario series Prisoners of Gravity .

  3. Hypertext fiction - Wikipedia

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    Hypertext fiction is a genre of electronic literature characterized by the use of hypertext links that provide a new context for non-linearity in literature and reader interaction. The reader typically chooses links to move from one node of text to the next, and in this fashion arranges a story from a deeper pool of potential stories.

  4. Science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Space exploration, as predicted in August 1958 by the science fiction magazine Imagination. Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

  5. Hypermedia - Wikipedia

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    e. Hypermedia, an extension of hypertext, is a nonlinear medium of information that includes graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks. This designation contrasts with the broader term multimedia, which may include non-interactive linear presentations as well as hypermedia. The term was first used in a 1965 article written by Ted Nelson ...

  6. Definitions of science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Science fiction is "a literary genre whose necessary and sufficient conditions are the presence and interaction of estrangement and cognition, and whose main formal device is an imaginative framework alternative to the author's empirical environment." [6][26] Thomas M. Disch. 1973.

  7. Hypertext - Wikipedia

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    Axial hypertext fiction has the simplest structure. Its hypertext is situated along a linear axis. With a straight path from beginning to end, it is fairly easy for the reader to follow. An example of an axial hypertext fiction is The Virtual Disappearance of Miriam. Arborescent hypertext fiction is more complex than the axial form. Its ...

  8. Technology in science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Technology in science fiction is a crucial aspect of the genre. [ 1][ 2] As science fiction emerged during the era of Industrial Revolution, the increased presence of machines in everyday life and their role in shaping of the society was a major influence on the genre. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It appeared as a major element of the Proto SF, represented by ...

  9. Outline of science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Science fiction is a type of: Fiction – form of narrative which deals, in part or in whole, with events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and invented by its author (s). Although fiction often describes a major branch of literary work, it is also applied to theatrical, cinematic, and musical work.