Types+and+Genre

Science Fiction/Fantasy Types and Sub-genres
I have the original version of this list saved elsewhere. You may add or change as you see fit on the wiki and if there is significant movement at the end of the semester we can compare it with the original. It may be interesting also to divide and classify the list below. As a note, in places where I used "vs." in the original, this means I think both are types/genres but that they may be best defined in relationship to the other term(s).


 * Speculative Fiction
 * Science Fiction
 * Hard Science Fiction vs. Soft Science Fiction
 * Fantasy
 * Epic Fantasy (includes sub-genres like Court Intrigue and Quest Fantasy)
 * Magical Realism
 * Utopian
 * Dystopian
 * Cyberpunk
 * Steampunk
 * Space Opera (also known as Space Western)
 * Military (includes New Space Opera)
 * Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse
 * Robot vs. AI
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Alien Invasion vs. Alien Contact
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Time Travel vs. Alternate History vs. Alternate Future
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Alternate Reality vs. Alternate Universe (Parallel Universe/Multiverse)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Metafiction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Comics vs. Graphic Novels
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Science Fiction Noir
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">New Wave
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">New Weird
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mythopoeic
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Slipstream