Genre Sub-Categories

Just what is Speculative Fiction anyway? Speculative Fiction incorporates so many sub-genres these days, it’s really hard to keep up with them all, so here are just a few of the sub-genres for each of the holy trinity: SF, HORROR, and FANTASY. SF • AI • Alien Invasion • Colonization • Cyber • Dying Earth • Dystopian • First Contact • Futuristic • Galactic Empire • Generation Ship • Hard SF • Immortality • Military SF • Mutants • Nanotech • Near Future • Parallel/Alternative Universe • Post Apocalyptic • Pulp • Robots/Androids • Slipstream • Space Exploration • Space Opera • Time Travel • Utopia • Virtual Reality FANTASY • Alternative History • Contemporary [urban] • Dark Fantasy • Epic [classical] • Fairy Tales…