What is speculative fiction?
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12 May 2004
A definition of speculative fiction is challenging because it is a difficult genre to define. Our best effort is:
Narrative whose intention is to use scientific, fantastical or uncanny elements as an essential part of its character
Speculative fiction (spec-fic) includes experimental, alternative, conjectural as well as magical, futurist and supernatural. It encompasses all the traditional science fiction, fantasy and horror sub-genres, but it also includes things like Crime Scene Investigation, Kafka's Metamorphosis, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Sherlock Holmes, magic realism and urban fantasy.
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