science fiction

A genre of fiction which centers around futuristic science and technology.

Space travel, robots and aliens, and/or complex machinery are common aspects of this genre. Use this tag for images which appear to be set inside of a science fiction universe.

Scifi and fantasy often intersect, so feel free to use both tags if you feel it is appropriate.

Examples

Genres

• afrofuturism
• cyberpunk
• dieselpunk
• post-apocalypse
• retrofuturism
• solarpunk
• steampunk

Characters

• alien
• android
• cyborg
• mad scientist
• robot
• space marine

Settings

• laboratory
• megastructure
• rocket
• space
• spacecraft
• spacecraft interior
• starfighter
• space station
• space train

Objects

• body tube
• energy gun
• energy shield
• energy sword
• exoskeleton
• power armor
• prosthesis
• machine
• mecha
• super robot
• ray gun
• thrusters

See also

• Tag group:Technology
• Fantasy

The following tags are aliased to this tag: futuristic, sci-fi, sci_fi, and scifi (learn more).