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"en:Genres",
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"en:Speculative fiction"
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"ref": "1947, Robert A. Heinlein, On the Writing of Speculative Fiction:",
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"ref": "1987, Angela Carter, “Bruce Chatwin: The Songlines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 588:",
"text": "And the speculation shows signs of turning into very sophisticated science fiction – science fiction in the purest sense; speculative fiction about science.",
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"ref": "2021 November 16, Omar El Akkad, “Neal Stephenson’s Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
"text": "Stephenson is one of speculative fiction’s most meticulous architects, and here he’s got sheets and sheets of blueprint.",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"word": "фантастыка"
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"word": "কল্পসাহিত্য"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"word": "推想小說"
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"word": "推想小说"
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"word": "speculatieve fictie"
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"word": "ספרות ספקולטיבית"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "sabyeonmul",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"word": "사변물"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"word": "spekulativ fiksjon"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"word": "ادبیات گمانهزن"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ficção especulativa"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ficțiune speculativă"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fantástika",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "фанта́стика"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "spekulativna fikcija"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"tags": [
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ūkappuṉaivu",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"word": "ஊகப்புனைவு"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
"word": "จินตนิยาย"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"word": "spekülatif kurgu"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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"word": "ffuglen ddamcaniaethol"
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"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements",
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