What is your most peculiar and atypical answer?

SPECULATIVE FICTION
 Speculative fiction explores the world entirely different from ours and speculates upon the results of
changing what is real or possible.
 Literature that deals with possibilities in a society which have not yet been enacted but are latent.

Sub-genres of Speculative Fiction

1. Science Fiction deals mainly with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society of individuals.
2. Sci-fi fantasy fiction are stories inspired by mythology, folklore, and fairy tales that combine imagined
technologies with elements of magical realism.
3. Supernatural fiction are sci-fi stories about secret knowledge or hidden abilities including witchcraft,
spiritualism, and psychic abilities.
4. Space opera fiction, sci-fi stories that take place in outer space and center around conflict, romance, and
adventure.
5. Urban fantasy fiction. Fantasy stories that take place in an urban setting in the real world but operate
under magical rules.
6. Utopian Fiction presents a world that is ideally perfect in all aspects of society.
7. Dystopian Fiction presents a futuristic, imagined world in which there is only an illusion of a perfect
society, but is in fact one which is oppressed through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or
totalitarian control
8. Apocalyptic fiction deals with the end of civilization either through nuclear war, plague, or some other
general disaster.
9. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. The time frame may be
immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the struggles of survivors, or sometime later when the
existence of civilization before the catastrophe has been forgotten.
10. Alternate history is set in words in which one or more historical events unfold differently from how it
did in reality

Dystopia refers to a state in which life is extremely bad. Dystopia is a subgenre of the gothic or horror novel, in
which the hero or heroine discovers a barbaric truth (the nature of society) lurking beneath a civilized facade,
and incurs the traditional gothic-novel penalties of madness, isolation, ruin.

Dystopias are usually an exaggerated imaging of the future, with the intention of criticizing a current social
norm, trend, or political system.

Dystopian Fiction asks the question “what if” to show us the worst possible future consequence of an issue that
we have now.

Characteristics of Dystopian Society

1. The citizens of society are controlled using propaganda.
2. Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.
3. A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.
4. Citizens are perceived to be under surveillance.
5. Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
6. Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
7. The natural world is banished and distrusted.
8. Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.
9. The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.

Significance of Dystopian Fiction

1. Dystopian fiction can be a way to educate and warn humanity about the dangers of current social and
political structures.
2. Dystopian stories may convey an author’s beliefs.
3. Dystopian stories require a greater suspension of disbelief and can be very imaginative.
4. Dystopian novels can also be satirical critiques .

5 Characteristics of Dystopian Fiction

The central themes of dystopian novels generally fall under these topics:
a. Government control
b. Environmental destruction
c. Technological control
d. Survival
 e. Loss of individualism

SPECULATIVE FICTION
 Speculative fiction explores the world entirely different from ours and speculates upon the results of
changing what is real or possible.

Sub-genres of Speculative Fiction

11. Science Fiction deals mainly with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society of individuals.
12. Fantasy uses magic and supernatural elements in plot, theme, and setting.
13. Utopian Fiction presents a world that is ideally perfect in all aspects of society.
14. Dystopian Fiction presents a futuristic, imagined world in which there is only an illusion of a perfect
society, but is in fact one which is oppressed through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or
totalitarian control
15. Apocalyptic fiction deals with the end of civilization either through nuclear war, plague, or some other
general disaster.
16. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. The time frame may be
immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the struggles of survivors, or sometime later when the
existence of civilization before the catastrophe has been forgotten.
17. Alternate history is set in words in which one or more historical events unfold differently from how it did
in reality

Dystopia refers to a state in which life is extremely bad. Dystopia is a subgenre of the gothic or horror novel, in
which the hero or heroine discovers a barbaric truth (the nature of society) lurking beneath a civilized facade,
and incurs the traditional gothic-novel penalties of madness, isolation, ruin.
Dystopias are usually an exaggerated imaging of the future, with the intention of criticizing a current social
norm, trend, or political system.

Make a new room for a new wave of dystopian fiction, kicked off by the jaw-dropping success of Suzanne
Collins's The Hunger Games trilogy, set in a post-apocalyptic North American totalitarian state. Dystopian
fiction asks the question “what if” to show us the worst possible future consequence of an issue that we have
now.

Characteristics of Dystopian Society

10. The citizens of society are controlled using propaganda.
11. Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.
12. A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.
13. Citizens are perceived to be under surveillance.
14. Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
15. Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
16. The natural world is banished and distrusted.
17. Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.
18. The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.