Science Fiction Motif Index

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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.

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The Word for World is Forest 1972

by Ursula K. Le Guin

A military logging company has arrived on Athshe from Earth, and enslave the totally non-aggressive Athsheans, a diminutive people. However, one native, Selver, ascends to a seeming god or prophet status to lead a rebellion to destroy the human logging camp.

Magnetic Monopoles 1 occurrences

A magnet that is only a north pole or south pole.

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