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Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction in which advances in science,
or contact with more scientifically advanced civilizations, create situations different from those of both the present day and the known past.
Science fiction has been a film genre since the earliest days of cinema.
Science fiction films have explored a great range of subjects and themes,
including many that can not be readily presented in other genres.
Science fiction films have been used to explore sensitive social and political issues,
while often providing an entertaining story for the more casual viewer.
Today, science fiction films are in the forefront of new special effects technology,
and the audience has become accustomed to displays of realistic alien life forms,
spectacular space battles, energy weapons, faster than light travel, and distant worlds.
Movies that could be categorized as belonging to the science fiction genre first appeared during the silent film era.
However these were generally singular efforts that were based on the works of notable authors.
It was only in the 1950s that the genre came into its own, reflecting the growing output of science fiction pulp magazines and books.
But it took Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey before the genre was taken seriously.
Since that time science fiction movies have become one of the dominant box office staples,
pulling in large audiences for blockbuster movies such as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Jurassic Park, Independence Day,
and The Day After Tomorrow.
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