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Alien Intrusions Alien Life Alternative Histories Artificial Intelligence Comic SF Cosmic Collisions Cutting-Edge Technology Cyberpunk Cyborgs Dinosaurs & Other Survivals Disaster Stories Dying Earth, The Dystopias Elixir of Life, The Endangered Environment Future Cities Genetic Engineering Lost Races Mental Powers

Nuclear War & Its Aftermath Overpopulation and Pollution Parallel Worlds Planetary Romance Prehistoricals Robots and Androids Sex Wars Space Habitats Space Opera Space Travel Steampunk Supermen & Other Mutants Superweapons and Future Wars Suspended Animation Teleportation & Matter Transmission Time Travels Transcendence Under the Surface Utopias

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Alien Intrusions

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Alien Life

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Alternative Histories

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Artificial Intelligence

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Comic SF

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Cosmic Collisions

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Cutting-Edge Technology

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Cyberpunk

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Cyborgs

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Dinosaurs & Other Survivals

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Disaster Stories

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

The Dying Earth

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Dystopias

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

The Elixir of Life

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Endangered Environment

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Future Cities

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Genetic Engineering

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Lost Races

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Mental Powers

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Nuclear War & Its Aftermath

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Overpopulation and Pollution

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Parallel Worlds

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Planetary Romance

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Prehistoricals

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Robots and Androids

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Sex Wars

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Space Habitats

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Space Opera

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Steampunk

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Supermen & Other Mutants

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Superweapons and Future Wars

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Suspended Animation

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Teleportation & Matter Transmission

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Time Travels

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Transcendence

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Under the Surface

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

Utopias

Some Science Fiction Templates and Motifs (from David Pringle's The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies: James Tiptree, Jr. & Science Fiction

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