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29 relations: Alchemy, Alternate history, Antihero, Ash: A Secret History, Cyberpunk, Elves in fiction, Fantasy, Future, Grand Guignol, Grunts!, Halfling, Hermeticism, High fantasy, Ilario, A Story of the First History, Jerry Cornelius, Magic (supernatural), Michael Moorcock, Midnight Rose, Orc, Orthe, Parody, Protagonist, Renaissance, Science, Science fantasy, Science fiction, Shared universe, Sidewise Award for Alternate History, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
Alchemy
Alchemy is a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practiced throughout Europe, Africa, Brazil and Asia.
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Alternate history
Alternate history or alternative history (Commonwealth English), sometimes abbreviated as AH, is a genre of fiction consisting of stories in which one or more historical events occur differently.
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Antihero
An antihero, or antiheroine, is a protagonist in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage, and morality.
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Ash: A Secret History
Ash: A Secret History is a fantasy novel by British author Mary Gentle, published in 2000.
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Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech" featuring advanced technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
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Elves in fiction
In many works of modern fantasy, elves are depicted as a race of semi-divine humanoid beings.
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.
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Future
The future is what will happen in the time after the present.
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Grand Guignol
Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol ("The Theatre of the Great Puppet") — known as the Grand Guignol — was a theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris (at 20 bis). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialised in naturalistic horror shows.
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Grunts!
Grunts! (1992) is the satiric fantasy novel by Mary Gentle.
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Halfling
Halfling is another name for J. R. R. Tolkien's hobbit, a fictional race found in some fantasy novels and games.
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Hermeticism
Hermeticism, also called Hermetism, is a religious, philosophical, and esoteric tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus ("Thrice Great").
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High fantasy
High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy, defined either by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.
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Ilario, A Story of the First History
Ilario, A Story of the First History is a series of two novels by Mary Gentle, set in an alternate history where Carthage has become a powerful medieval empire.
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Jerry Cornelius
Jerry Cornelius is a character, an urban adventurer created by author Michael Moorcock.
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Magic (supernatural)
Magic is a category in Western culture into which have been placed various beliefs and practices considered separate from both religion and science.
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Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer and musician, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published literary novels.
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Midnight Rose
Midnight Rose was a name taken by a group of United Kingdom science fiction and fantasy writers for a series of shared world anthologies published by the Penguin Books imprint Roc.
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Orc
An orc (also spelled ork) is a fictional humanoid creature that is part of a fantasy race akin to goblins.
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Orthe
Orthe is a series of science-fiction novels by Mary Gentle.
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Parody
A parody (also called a spoof, send-up, take-off, lampoon, play on something, caricature, or joke) is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation.
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Protagonist
A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).
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Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries.
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Science
R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.
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Science fantasy
Science fantasy is a mixed genre within the umbrella of speculative fiction which simultaneously draws upon and/or combines tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy.
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Science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.
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Shared universe
A shared universe or shared world is a set of creative works where more than one writer (or other artist) independently contributes a work that can stand alone but fits into the joint development of the storyline, characters, or world of the overall project.
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Sidewise Award for Alternate History
The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternative history stories and novels of the year.
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979.
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