Broad terms and cross-cutting strands of speculative writing that do not belong to one subgenre alone, including speculative fiction as the umbrella for every kind of fiction that departs from realism, ecofiction about nature and the environment, punk literature tied to the punk subculture, and the omegaverse built on an invented hierarchy of characters. A genre belongs here when its cited article describes a general category of speculative writing or a strand defined by theme or subculture. It excludes the named science fiction, fantasy, horror and gothic subgenres.
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Ecofiction (Wikipedia)
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Ecofiction (also "eco-fiction" or "eco fiction") is the branch of literature that encompasses nature or environment-oriented works of fiction.
Omegaverse - Wikipedia
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Omegaverse, also known as A/B/O or α/β/Ω (an abbreviation for "alpha/beta/omega"), is a subgenre of speculative erotic fiction.
Punk literature (Wikipedia)
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Punk literature (also called punk lit and, rarely, punklit) is literature related to the punk subculture.
Speculative Fiction (Wikipedia)
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Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other highly imaginative realms or beings.
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