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Speculative fiction umbrella phrase encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres , specifically science fiction , fantasy , horror , supernatural fiction , superhero fiction , utopian and dystopian fiction , apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction , and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts.
It has been around since humans began to speak. The earliest forms of speculative fiction were likely mythological tales told around the campfire. Speculative fiction deals with the "What if?" scenarios imagined by dreamers and thinkers worldwide. Journeys to other worlds through the vast reaches of distant space; magical quests to free worlds enslaved by terrible beings; malevolent supernatural powers seeking to increase their spheres of influence across multiple dimensions and times; all of these fall into the realm of speculative fiction.
Speculative fiction as a category ranges from ancient works to cutting edge , paradigm -changing, and neotraditional works of the 21st century. It can be recognized in works whose authors' intentions or the social contexts of the versions of stories they portrayed is now known. For example, Ancient Greek dramatists such as Euripides , whose play Medea (play) Athenian audiences when he fictionally speculated that shamaness Medea killed her own children instead of their being killed by other Corinthians after her departure. The play Hippolytus Aphrodite , is suspected to have displeased contemporary audiences of the day because it portrayed Phaedra as too lusty.
In historiography , what is now called speculative fiction has previously been termed "historical invention", "historical fiction ," and other similar names. It is extensively noted in the literary criticism of the works of William Shakespeare when he co-locates Athenian Duke Theseus and Amazonian Queen Hippolyta , English fairy Puck , and Roman god Cupid all together in the fairyland of its Merovingian Germanic sovereign Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream mythography it has been termed "mythopoesis" or mythopoeia , "fictional speculation", the creative design and generation of lore, regarding such works as J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings supernatural , alternate history , and sexuality themes continue in works produced within the modern speculative fiction genre.
Patrick Joseph McGoohan The Prisoner Danger Man
Born in
New York City to Irish parents, he was raised in Ireland and England. He began his career in England during the 1950s and became well known for the titular role of secret agent
John Drake in the
ITC espionage programme
Danger Man (1960–1968). He then created and produced the
surrealistic ITV series
The Prisoner (1967–1968), in which he starred as former British intelligence agent
Number Six , becoming well known for this role. (
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Half-Life 2 is a 2004
first-person shooter game developed and published by
Valve Corporation . It was published for
Windows on Valve's digital distribution service,
Steam . Like the original
Half-Life (1998),
Half-Life 2 is played from a
first-person perspective, combining combat, puzzles, and storytelling. It adds features such as vehicles and
physics -based gameplay. The player controls
Gordon Freeman , who joins a resistance to liberate Earth from the alien
Combine empire.
Half-Life 2 was created using Valve's Source game engine, which was developed simultaneously. Development lasted five years and cost US $40 million. Valve's president, Gabe Newell , set his team the goal of redefining the FPS genre. They integrated the Havok physics engine, which simulates real-world physics, to reinforce the sense of presence and create new gameplay. They also developed the characterization, with more detailed character models and animations. (Full article...
“
All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.
”
—
Max Beerbohm (1872–1956),
Zuleika Dobson (1911).
Gertie the Dinosaur Winsor McCay . Although not the first animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality. The film was also the first to be created using keyframe animation. The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry , and was named #6 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time in a 1994 survey of animators and cartoon historians by Jerry Beck . (MOTD
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Selected article The
development of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion began in 2002, immediately after its predecessor,
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind , was published. Rumors of a sequel to
Morrowind started circulating in June 2004; the sequel's title was identified on September 10, 2004, the date of its official announcement.
Oblivion was developed by
Bethesda Game Studios , and the initial
Xbox 360 and
personal computer (PC) releases were co-published by
Bethesda Softworks and
Take-Two Interactive 's subsidiary,
2K Games . According to interviews with Bethesda staff, the publisher-developer relationship—one of the few independent relations in the industry—worked well, and Bethesda was not subject to excessive corporate guidance. Initially scheduled for a November 22, 2005, release, in tandem with the Xbox 360's launch,
Oblivion was delayed to a March 21, 2006, release for
Windows PCs and the Xbox 360.
Developers working on
Oblivion focused on providing a tighter storyline, with fewer filler quests and more developed characters. The developers sought to make information in the game world more accessible to players, making the game easier to pick up and play.
Oblivion features improved
AI (which Bethesda calls
Radiant AI ), improved physics courtesy of the
Havok physics engine, and impressive
graphics , taking advantage of advanced lighting and shader routines like
high-dynamic-range rendering (HDR) and
specular mapping . Bethesda developed and implemented procedural content creation tools in the creation of
Oblivion 's terrain, leading to landscapes that are more complex and realistic than those of past titles, with less of a drain on Bethesda's staff. (
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Possible events in the future as suggested by science fiction:
In the year 5,000,000,023, Humans have moved to a new planet in the galaxy M87.
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