Social science fiction, or sociological science fiction, is a subgenre of science fiction, usually soft science fiction, concerned less with technology or space opera and more with speculation about society. Speculation about human behavior and interaction through an anthropological lens is also a key feature of many works in the genre.
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Notable Example Defining TraitSpeculation about society rather than technology 1 Defining Trait Connections
Features Author
Source Wikipedia: H. G. Wells
Source Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
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Source Social science fiction (Wikipedia)
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1. Social science fiction (Wikipedia)
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more with speculation about society
In English
revealing the human race diverging into separate branches of Elois and Morlocks
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Social science fiction or sociological science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, usually (but not necessarily) soft science fiction, concerned less with technology or space opera and more with speculation about society.
Subgenre Of: Science Fiction, Lead paragraph
is a subgenre of science fiction
View the SourceWikipedia: H. G. Wells
Features Author: H. G. Wells, Infobox, genre fieldQuote, Features Author: H. G. Wells, Infobox, genre field
Genre: Science fiction (notably social science fiction)
Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
Features Author: Isaac Asimov, Infobox, genre fieldQuote, Features Author: Isaac Asimov, Infobox, genre field
Genre: Science fiction (hard science fiction, social science fiction), mystery fiction, popular science
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