Sword and Sorcery is a Fantasy subgenus similar to Heroic Fantasy in that the stories take place equally in a medieval context with a huge magic component. However, the heroes of the Sword and Sorcery genre are generally more brutal, … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Steampunk
The Steampunk genre is a science fiction branch whose stories are written by contemporary author (XXth or XXIst century) and take place around XIXth century. They mix some science fiction themes, polars and/or fantastic to Victorian era … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Planet Opera
Unlike the space opera works (whose action takes place mostly into space), the action of the Planet opera (or Planetary romance) genre takes place almost exclusively at an alien planet surface. During their explorations, the protagonists will discover ancient … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Space Opera
Space Opera is a science fiction genre in which the stories take place in an interplanetary, interstellar (or intergalactic) setting, the heroes travelling generally from planet to planet to fight peril threatening mankind. More info in the article: Space opera, … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Space Fantasy
Space Fantasy is a literary and cinematic genre mixing the themes of science fiction (especially the Space opera) and Fantasy. Then, it can be seen as a subgenus of these two genres. The Space opera side places the stories into … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Post-apocalyptic
Post-apocalyptic (often shortened “post-apo”) is a science fiction genre whose the stories take place after a disaster on the planetary scale: nuclear war, epidemic, climatic cataclysm, meteorite, extraterrestrial invasion… Examples : The Wind from Nowhere, by J. G. Ballard… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Dystopia
The Dystopia, in opposition with Utopia, is an imaginary world in which le worst has arrived, where the men are either subject to a superior authority which deprives them of their liberty, or survivors of a disaster which had ruined … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Dark Fantasy
The Dark Fantasy is a subgenus of Fantasy in which the ambiance is very dark, oppressive, pessimistic, where the characters are overburden by the ordeal they suffer. Sometimes, the Dark Fantasy approaches Horror with some mythology elements. Sometimes, it approaches … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Bit Lit
Bit Lit is short expression formed with the abbreviations “Bit” (for “bite”) and “Lit” (for “literature”). Its name comes from stories putting on an heroine confronted with supernatural, especially the vampires world (but not necessarily). Matching words : Urban Fantasy, … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Cyberpunk
Aggregation of the words “cybernetics” and “punk”, the term Cyberpunk was imagined by Gardner Dozois in 1984 to describe the style of the author William Gibson. It points out a science fiction branch whose the stories take place in a … Lire la suite... |
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