© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Welcome to the Science Fiction Motif Index, a small repository of concepts from science fiction and their history. Explore the development of robots, carbon fiber, and alien encounters as told through stories of different time periods. Find the influences and predecessors of your favorite stories, or other stories that explore the same concepts.
49
Works
101
Motifs
36
Creators
92
Examples
"Tales from the age of the $200 warp drive." Humanity jumps across the stars and stakes out tenuous futures amongst exoplanets.
The idea that global civilizations overconsume their resources, which cause their own extinction before reaching other planets or stars.
© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0