© 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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Following the trail of his disappeared father, Sam Flynn is transported inside a computer.
For some reason or another, most species of aliens in the universe look like humans. Can be due to budget constraints, a lack of imagination, or the analogy nature of the story.
Sometimes justified in-story by common descent from Forerunner Race or Panspermia.
© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0