fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies

a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another

transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another

a fictional science in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe which combines history, sociology, and mathematical statistics to make general predictions about the future behavior of very large groups of people.

a type of fictional directed-energy weapon, that emits a ray, typically visible, usually lethal if it hits a human target, often destructive if it hits mechanical objects, with properties and other effects unspecified or varying.

a robotic machine, as found in Star Wars films, books and television series, often possessing artificial intelligence.