© 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.
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"Tales from the age of the $200 warp drive." Humanity jumps across the stars and stakes out tenuous futures amongst exoplanets.
Science fiction often explores the use of fictional extreme materials that possess properties real-life engineers wish they could get their hands on.
© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0