Genre Research (Sci-fi)

Conventions: Space stereotypes, other world, parallels

Subgenres: cyberpunk, apocalyptic, alien invasion, science fantasy, dying earth, afrofuturism, transrealism, steam punk

Sci-fi authors: Isaac Asimov, Arthur Clark, Phillip K Dick, Dan Simmons

Sci-fi books: Fahrenheit 451, The time machine, Neuromancer, The forever war, The handmaid’s tales

Sci-fi films: ET the extra terrestrial, Alien, The Terminator, District 9, Back to the future, Avatar

Sci-fi TV: Doctor Who, Futurama, The X-Files, Stranger Things, Westworld, Red dwarf, Lost in Space, Torch wood

Tropes: Space, alien and planet

History: predominately male authors, classic sci-fi books, mainly from the 20th century