Science Fiction Motif Index

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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Motifs

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Creators

92

Examples

Work of the Day

The Left Hand of Darkness 1969
by Ursula K. Le Guin

An envoy for the Ekumen - a coalition of worlds - visits a unique planet called Gethen/Winter where the population is genderless and sexless, and finds it difficult to understand their psychology.

Motif of the Day

The lines between the unreal and the real in fiction can be much thinner than in real life.