What Stripe is your Science fiction

RE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>The Major Genres of Science Fiction are:</b></font><br /><br /><font size="3"><b>1. Hard Science Fiction-</b></font>Characterized by rigorous attention to detail in quantitative sciences, particularly physics, astrophysics and chemistry, or in accurately depicting world that more advanced technology may make possible.<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>2. Soft and Social Science Fiction</b></font>- The designation &quot;soft&quot; refers to soft sciences like the social sciences, economics, physcology, political sciences, sociology and anthropology.<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>3. Cyberpunk</b></font>- term coined by Bruce Bethke; it is a rejection of the optimism of earlier SF. characterized by near future, internet or cyberspace abstractions, cybernetics, prosthetics, usually a gritty setting<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>4. Time Travel-</b></font> famous antcedants in Wells and Twain; Mark Twain being the first to write in this genre; complications with the &quot;grandfather paradox&quot;<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>5. Alternate History-</b></font> usually a premise that history might have turned out differently, Harry Turtledove is sometimes called the &quot;master of alternate history&quot;<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>6. Military Science Fiction</b></font>- set int he context of national, interplanetary or interstellar military forces, Primary view point is from the soldiers involved. StarShip Troopers is a standout in this genre<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>7. Superhuman- </b></font>deals with the emergence of humans with abilities beyond the norm<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>8. Apocalyptic-</b></font> concerned with the end of civilization through war, pandemic, astronomic impact, ecological disaster, or mankinds self destruction, Post-Apocalyptic looks to the aftermath<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>9. Space Opera-</b></font> set on distant planets with an emphasis on action rather than science or characterization<br />Lensman series and Star Wars are famous offerings in this genre<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>10. Space Western</b></font>- Could be considered a sub-genre of Space Opera that transposes American Western themes to future setting, typically involves Frontier colony worlds, Serenity and Firefly are the prime examples and the Star Wars character Han Solo is considered elemental to this genre<br /><br /><b>Minor subgenres:</b> Feminist Science Fiction, Steampunk, Biopunk, New Wave, Comic SF<br /><br />Relations with other genres: Horror, Fantasy, ans Speculative Fiction.<br /><br />So just what to you take in your cup of Science Fiction?<br />