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speculative fiction (countable and uncountable , plural speculative fictions )
( uncountable ) A class of fiction involving fantastic , supernatural or futuristic elements, including fantasy , horror , and science fiction , dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life. [from 20th c.]
1947 , Robert A. Heinlein , On the Writing of Speculative Fiction :There are at least two principal ways to write speculative fiction —write about people, or write about gadgets.
1987 , Angela Carter , “Bruce Chatwin: The Songlines ”, in Shaking a Leg , Vintage, published 2013 , page 588 :And the speculation shows signs of turning into very sophisticated science fiction – science fiction in the purest sense; speculative fiction about science.
2021 November 16, Omar El Akkad, “Neal Stephenson’s Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, in The New York Times [1] , →ISSN :Stephenson is one of speculative fiction ’s most meticulous architects, and here he’s got sheets and sheets of blueprint.
( countable ) A particular work belonging to this class.
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class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements
Afrikaans: spekulatiewe fiksie sg , fantastiese fiksie sg
Arabic: خيال تأملي m
Azerbaijani: fantastika sg
Belarusian: фантастыка f ( fantastyka )
Bengali: কল্পসাহিত্য ( kolpośahitto )
Bulgarian: фантастика (bg) f ( fantastika )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 推想小說 / 推想小说 ( tuīxiǎng xiǎoshuō )
Dutch: speculatieve fictie f
Estonian: ulme (et) sg
Finnish: spekulatiivinen fiktio sg
French: littératures de l’imaginaire f pl
Georgian: სპეკულაციური მხატვრული ლიტერატურა ( sṗeḳulaciuri mxaṭvruli liṭeraṭura ) , ფანტასტიკური ლიტერატურა ( panṭasṭiḳuri liṭeraṭura ) , სპეკულაციური ბელეტრისტიკა ( sṗeḳulaciuri beleṭrisṭiḳa )
German: Fantastik f , Phantastik f
Hebrew: ספרות ספקולטיבית f
Icelandic: spáskáldskapur m
Italian: fantastico (it) m , fiction speculativa f , letteratura dell'immaginario f
Japanese: スペキュレイティブ・フィクション ( supekyureitibu fikushon ) , 思弁小説 ( しべんしょうせつ, shiben shōsetsu )
Kazakh: фантастика ( fantastika )
Korean: 사변물 ( sabyeonmul )
Kyrgyz: фантастикалуулук ( fantastikaluuluk )
Latvian: fantastika f
Norwegian: spekulativ fiksjon m
Persian: ادبیات گمانهزن
Polish: fantastyka (pl) f
Portuguese: ficção especulativa f
Romanian: ficțiune speculativă f
Russian: фанта́стика (ru) f ( fantástika )
Serbo-Croatian: spekulativna fikcija f
Spanish: ficción especulativa f
Swedish: fantastik c , spekulativ fiktion c
Tamil: ஊகப்புனைவு ( ūkappuṉaivu )
Thai: จินตนิยาย
Turkish: spekülatif kurgu sg
Ukrainian: фанта́стика f ( fantástyka )
Uzbek: fantastika (uz) , taxayyulot
Welsh: ffuglen ddamcaniaethol f
West Frisian: spekulative fiksje c