What is science fiction?

Science fiction is different from traditional fiction in that it is directly related to the development of science and technology, but it is a literary creation and does not have the task of disseminating scientific knowledge.

From the point of view of the way of writing fantasy, it should belong to the category of Romantic literature. Some excellent science fiction novels, like excellent romantic works, are rooted in social reality and reflect the contradictions and problems in social reality. Some of these outstanding science fiction novels can often provide a number of referential foresight in the direction of scientific and technological development. Sometimes, some scientific inventions have not yet appeared, science fiction has been vividly depicted, such as submarines, robots, cosmic navigation.

In the contemporary Western world, science fiction is one of the most popular popular books, its influence and sales, second only to the thriller and detective novels. The development of western science fiction can be roughly divided into four periods: First, Britain has the industrial revolution and Darwin's theory of evolution led to the rise of true science fiction; Second, the early twentieth century physicist Albert Einstein's theory of relativity brought about the rise of science fiction; Third, after the Second World War, due to nuclear fission, cosmic voyage, color televisions, electronic computers and other scientific and technological rapid development, which further Prompted the prosperity of western science fiction; Fourth, after two or three decades of prosperity, science fiction novelists from the theme of the work, the plot, to the art of the method to carry out new explorations.

Contemporary Western science fiction involves many cutting-edge scientific research projects and, of course, often specious pseudoscience. As a result, science fiction often suffers from the contempt and censure of those in the scientific and technological community.

The most famous science fiction novels in the West include "A Trip to the Moon," written by Jules Verne of France, "The Great War of the Martians," written by H.J. Wells of Britain, and "The Naked Sun," written by Asimov of the United States.

The most famous science fiction novels in China include Zheng Wenguang's "Flight to Sagittarius" and Liu Cixin's "Ball Lightning". China's Ni Kuang is also a prolific science fiction writer, now living in San Francisco, the United States, "Wesley" is one of his common pen name, representative works include "Return to the Sun", "New Weapons", "Explosion", "Alternative Reproductions" and so on.