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.
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
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