A narrative logic, characteristic of science fiction, whereby devices used in the story are lent plausibility by their being placed in the context of the fictional universe, which is imagined to be scientificallyconsistent.
Origin
Coined by Yugoslav-born academic, writer and critic Darko Suvin in his 1979 book Metamorphoses of Science Fiction.
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