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  2. Genetics in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Aspects of genetics including mutation, hybridisation, cloning, genetic engineering, and eugenics have appeared in fiction since the 19th century. Genetics is a young science, having started in 1900 with the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel 's study on the inheritance of traits in pea plants.

  3. Biology in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Boris Karloff in James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel.The monster is created by an unorthodox biology experiment.. Biology appears in fiction, especially but not only in science fiction, both in the shape of real aspects of the science, used as themes or plot devices, and in the form of fictional elements, whether fictional extensions or applications of ...

  4. Category:Biology in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Fiction about biological themes such as genetics, cloning, genetic engineering, disease, or other aspects of biology. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

  5. Jack Williamson - Wikipedia

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    John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction". [2] He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term genetic engineering. [3]

  6. Evolution in fiction - Wikipedia

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    All women have evolved to be beautiful, in an illustration by Paul Merwart for a 1911 edition of Camille Flammarion's 1894 novel La Fin du Monde.. Evolution has been an important theme in fiction, including speculative evolution in science fiction, since the late 19th century, though it began before Charles Darwin's time, and reflects progressionist and Lamarckist views as well as Darwin's. [1]

  7. All Tomorrows - Wikipedia

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    Following the upload of an abridged version of the book's story by YouTuber Alt Shift X in June 2021, [6] All Tomorrows saw a particular surge in popularity online during the summer of 2021. [4] Among other things, there was a surge of internet memes based on the book, primarily on YouTube and Twitter [ 7 ] as well as fan art based on the ...

  8. List of succubi in fiction - Wikipedia

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    It was first published in Lin Carter's The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 2. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America later included it in the Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1998. [4] [5] [6] Kenneth Rayner Johnson's 1979 novel, The Succubus, outlines the story of a male afflicted by the incarnation of the demon Lilith.

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    The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years (2021-05-23) Rei II (2021-08-08) The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2021-08-10) Earth in science fiction (2021-08-31) A Human Work (2021-09-02) The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (2021-09-22) Space travel in science fiction (2021-09-24) The Gods from Outer Space (2021-09-27) H. P. Lovecraft ...