sf
science fiction.
sf
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SF
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science fiction.
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sinking fund.
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sf
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Example Sentences
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Today, Clute remains the benevolent godfather of sf criticism, but Nicholls essentially stopped writing after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2000.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022
This paranoia-rich subgenre runs throughout sf, from Jack Finney’s body snatchers to Robert Heinlein’s puppet masters to half the work of Philip K. Dick.
From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2019
Campbell largely formulated the Three Laws of Robotics, which energize many of Asimov’s early stories, and even helped fashion what became the Foundation Trilogy, long judged the best sf series of all time.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2018
Still, the phrase most often used to describe early sf — the preferred abbreviation for this beloved literary genre — is “scientific romance.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2017
Some interesting modulations develop into a series of descending octaves which, accompanied by sf chords, lead to the closing portion.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond
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