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Quantum Fiction

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Quantum fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that reflects modern experience of the material world and reality as influenced by quantum theory and new principles in quantum physics. It is characterized by the use of an element in quantum mechanics as a storytelling device. The genre is not necessarily science-themed, and blurs the line separating science fiction and fantasy into a broad scope of mainstream literature that transcends the mechanical model of science and involves the fantasy of human perception or imagination as realistic components affecting the everyday physical world.

Facts
Notable Example
Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel by Vanna Bonta (1995) 1
Defining Trait
Use of an element in quantum mechanics as a storytelling device 1
Sources
1. Quantum fiction (Wikipedia)
  • Origin of the genre
    Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel
  • Literary technique
    It is characterized by the use of an element in quantum mechanics as a storytelling device.
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