{"id":934,"date":"2020-03-22T12:47:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T12:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-sciencefictionandfantasy\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=934"},"modified":"2020-03-22T12:47:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T12:47:20","slug":"defining-science-fiction","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-sciencefictionandfantasy\/chapter\/defining-science-fiction\/","title":{"raw":"Defining Science Fiction","rendered":"Defining Science Fiction"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n\r\nKansas University's Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction has this useful overview of the defining traits of science fiction.\u00a0 We will use these in class discussions.\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.sfcenter.ku.edu\/SF-Defined.htm\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nOf course, playing into genres are reader expectations, so we may as well cover typical character types.\u00a0 Jason Hellerman has a useful 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