How to Use science fiction in a Sentence

science fiction

noun
Definition of science fictionnext
  • Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.
  • Not so long ago, this was the stuff of science fiction.
    — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023
  • One of the precepts of science fiction is that the Age of Space will be like the Age of Sail.
    — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2022
  • That last quote isn’t from science fiction, by the way.
    — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • But some of it sounds like a science fiction movie, in terms of fear.
    — CBS News, 9 July 2023
  • The best horror and science fiction mirrors the fears of its age.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But this was full-strength science fiction, a doctor-in-the-box.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2023
  • If this seems the stuff of science fiction, welcome to the world of modern-day medicine.
    — Christopher Hartnick, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The book is now regarded as the first true work of science fiction.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This is not the first film to mix Western tropes with science fiction.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
  • The origin point is Neal Stephenson and Snow Crash and decades of science fiction stacked on top of that.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 14 Mar. 2022
  • This train of thought is not reserved for fans of science fiction.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Here’s what some notable films get right about science and tech — and what’s still the stuff of science fiction.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Most of the tech that NASA has approved grants for feels like something straight out of a science fiction movie.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The metaverse, in part, enabled by the creation of NFTs, is truly the stuff of science fiction.
    — Jess Collen, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2022
  • All of these formats, and more, have been explored in very good (and many bad) science fiction tales.
    — WIRED, 6 July 2023
  • The science fiction author Vernor Vinge passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 79.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
  • There have been some awesome inventions in the world of science fiction over the years.
    — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 June 2024
  • Liz Braswell chooses the best science fiction and fantasy of the year.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The first three seasons of the science fiction/horror series each finished in the top five.
    — City News Service, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
  • Once reserved for the science fiction genre, time travel movies have since taken on a life of their own.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2022
  • To describe the unique mood of Chambers’ brand of science fiction, Kehe keeps returning to the metaphor of a pot of tea.
    — Peter Hemminger, Longreads, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Seven of the top 10 highest-grossing films of all time are science fiction.
    — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
  • No genre leaves our feline friends out, not even science fiction.
    — Marthe Mabille, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2024
  • He’s one of the greatest American minds in science fiction.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Most of the companies getting traction in the space have robots that don’t look like the humanoids of science fiction.
    — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The paper clip scenario and others like it are science fiction.
    — Nir Eisikovits, Fortune, 7 July 2023
  • But by the spring of 1938, Hubbard started honing his craft in science fiction.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Denial is Raymond’s fourth novel and seems to be his first work of science fiction.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 16 June 2022
  • Artificial General Intelligence—machines that can learn and perform any cognitive task that a human can—has long been relegated to the realm of science fiction.
    — Daniel Colson, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024

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