Science fiction is cool, but sometimes it scares me that some day it could be real!
You're right, a lot of science fiction is grounded in real science
I like to read science fiction books - some authors are quite imaginative!
. However its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, and scholars.
Science fiction literature, film, television, and other media have become popular and influential over much of the world. Besides providing entertainment, it can also criticize present-day society, and is often said to generate a "sense of wonder".
Definitions.
"Science fiction" is difficult to define precisely, as it includes a wide range of concepts and themes. James Blish wrote: "Wells used the term
, with a flowering in the nineteenth century. These include intentionally disgusting alien monsters in science fiction films, though these are sometimes less "horrible" than real examples in nature. Authors and scriptwriters have to some extent exploited parasite biology: lifestyles including parasitoid, behaviour-altering parasite, brood parasite, parasitic castrator, and many forms of vampire are found in books and films.
Some fictional parasites, like the deadly parasitoid Xenomorphs in "Alien", have become well known in their own right. Terrifying monsters are clearly