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

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Examples

Work of the Day

Datalore (Star Trek: The Next Generation) 1988
by Gene Roddenberry , Robert Lewin , Maurice Hurley , and Rob Bowman

The android Data, along with the crew of Enterprise, return to the planet where he was found and discover an identical-looking android.

Motif of the Day

Impossible Drive 1 occurrences

A propulsion method that seems to defy physics as we currently understand it.