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Subgenere of science fiction
Recursive science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, which itself takes the form of an exploration of science fiction within the narrative of the
Recursive_science_fiction
Topics referred to by the same term
2004 science fiction novel by Tony Ballantyne Recursion (Crouch novel), a 2019 science fiction novel by Blake Crouch Recursive science fiction, science fiction
Recursion_(disambiguation)
Subculture of fans who enjoy science fiction
Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or fandom of people interested in science fiction in contact with one another based upon that interest
Science_fiction_fandom
American science fiction anthology comic
"NESFA: Recursive Science Fiction". Archived from the original on December 21, 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2007. "The Worlds of Science Fiction Comics"
Incredible_Science_Fiction
Acronym whose expansion includes a copy of itself
describes it as a recursive acronym. Other references followed, however the concept was used as early as 1968 in John Brunner's science fiction novel Stand
Recursive_acronym
1940 science fantasy novel by L. Ron Hubbard
several different genres, including science fiction, a subgenre of science fiction called recursive science fiction, and fantasy. Masters of the Occult
Typewriter_in_the_Sky
Sentence, idea or formula that refers to itself
"recursive science fiction" or metafiction is now so extensive that it has fostered a fan-maintained bibliography at the New England Science Fiction Association's
Self-reference
1991 novel by Philip José Farmer
Red Orc's Rage (1991) is a recursive science fiction novel by American writer Philip José Farmer, part of his World of Tiers series. The plot of the book
Red_Orc's_Rage
American science fiction and fantasy author (1946–2008)
2012, at the Wayback Machine "Performing Arts". Recursive Science Fiction. New England Science Fiction Association. August 3, 2008. Archived from the original
Robert_Asprin
of the Night: Science Fiction in the Eighties (Essays, with some fiction) 1994 The Passage of the Light-The Recursive Science Fiction of Barry N. Malzberg
Barry N. Malzberg bibliography
Barry_N._Malzberg_bibliography
1994 film by Quentin Tarantino
plot mechanics and twists of Brown's novels and the recursive, interweaving structure of Pulp Fiction. Philip French describes the film's narrative as a
Pulp_Fiction
American science fiction book publisher, Framingham, MA, US (first book 1971)
Science Fiction Became Respectable, and Other Essays, by Fred Lerner Norstrilia, by Cordwainer Smith The Passage of The Light: The Recursive Science Fiction
NESFA_Press
Book by Stephen Wolfram
A New Kind of Science is a non-fiction book written by Stephen Wolfram, and self-published in 2002 under the imprint Wolfram Media. It explores how rules
A_New_Kind_of_Science
Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick. This is an example of recursive science fiction. In The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
List of fictional United States presidencies of historical figures (S–U)
List_of_fictional_United_States_presidencies_of_historical_figures_(S–U)
Type of fiction created by fans of the original subject
based on an existing fan work. On Archive of Our Own, this type of recursive fan fiction is called a "remix". Stories which are interspersed with the lyrics
Fan_fiction
American writer and editor (1939–2024)
not being a less recursive or less involuted writer, and so on." For years, Malzberg collaborated with friend and fellow science fiction writer Mike Resnick
Barry_N._Malzberg
Hypothetical event
article was published in 1979 in Analog Science Fiction and Fact. In 1981, Stanisław Lem published his science fiction novel Golem XIV. It describes a military
Technological_singularity
American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist (born 1948)
American and Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk, a category
William_Gibson
American novelist
"The Recursive Man" (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, April 1996) "Paving the Road to Armageddon" (Analog, May 1995) "International Science Fiction" issue
Christopher_McKitterick
2017 science fiction novel by Nick Harkaway
Gnomon is a 2017 science fiction novel by British author Nick Harkaway. The book deals with a state that exerts ubiquitous surveillance on its population
Gnomon_(novel)
Ornamental nested boxes
illustrative example to demonstrate situations of conceptually nested or recursive arrangements. In literature, a Chinese box structure refers to a frame
Chinese_boxes
Some alternate histories are considered a subgenre of science fiction or historical fiction. Since the 1950s, many works in the genre have incorporated
Alternate_history
Topics referred to by the same term
provides a sentence element with additional information Center embedding, recursive nesting of an element in the middle of a similar element Embedded journalism
Embedded
Type of AI with wide-ranging abilities
development projects across 37 countries. AGI is a common topic in science fiction and futures studies. Contention exists over whether AGI represents
Artificial general intelligence
Artificial_general_intelligence
Mathematical puzzle game
of disks is even and peg C if it is odd. The key to solving a problem recursively is to recognize that it can be broken down into a collection of smaller
Tower_of_Hanoi
Private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Fundamentals for Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-70901-3. John McCarthy. "Recursive Functions of Symbolic
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
Subgenre of science fiction
Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retro-futuristic technology and aesthetics prominently inspired by 19th-century industrial
Steampunk
British science-fiction author
Tony Ballantyne (born 1972) is a British science fiction author known for his debut trilogy of novels, titled Recursion, Capacity and Divergence. Until
Tony_Ballantyne_(writer)
Rózsa Péter (died 1977), Hungarian mathematician, "founding mother of recursive function theory" February 23 – Derrick Henry Lehmer (died 1991), American
1905_in_science
Topics referred to by the same term
Stevenson School, formerly Robert Louis Stevenson School, California Recursive least squares filter, in minimisation Regularized least squares, for solving
RLS
Series of science fiction novels by David Gerrold
The War Against the Chtorr is a series of science fiction novels by American writer David Gerrold. The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy
The_War_Against_the_Chtorr
1984 novel by Robert L. Forward
publication, under the title The Flight of the Dragonfly, 1984) is a science fiction novel by Robert Forward which depicts a realistic interstellar mission
Rocheworld
Fictional character from Xenosaga series
KOS-MOS (Japanese: コスモス) (recursive acronym for Kosmos Obey Strategical Multiple Operation System) is a fictional character from the Xenosaga role-playing
KOS-MOS
Fictional supercomputer by Isaac Asimov
Multivac is a fictional powerful computer appearing in over a dozen science fiction stories by American writer Isaac Asimov during 1955–1983. Asimov depicted
Multivac
Movement that emerged from and reacts to postmodernism
etc.) into a single coherent framework based on the idea of "meta" as "recursive reflection". For Dempsey, what all forms of metamodernism have in common
Metamodernism
Hypothetical consciousness in artificial systems
of mind Consciousness in animals Simulated consciousness (science fiction) – Science fiction themePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Artificial_consciousness
Topics referred to by the same term
Extension, an American indie rock band RCE - Remote Code Execution, 2022 science fiction novel by Sibylle Berg Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards
RCE
Artificial intelligence scenario
of rogue AI. Stories of AI takeovers have been popular throughout science fiction. Commentators argue that recent advancements in the field have heightened
AI_takeover
Australian psychologist (born 1958)
climate change science, the safety of genetically modified foods, and the safety of vaccines. On 28 March 2013, Lewandowsky published "Recursive fury: Conspiracist
Stephan_Lewandowsky
2010 video game
disrupting the Recursive colony and (temporarily, at least), ending the Recursive threat. Hi-Rez has released several pieces of fiction to establish the
Global_Agenda
American mathematician and philosopher (born 1942)
the history of science as well as fiction. An opponent of evolution, he is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture,
David_Berlinski
Book on the philosophy of mathematics
particular the theory is not recursively enumerable and it renders some existential claims as logical truths. In Science Without Numbers, Field considered
Science_Without_Numbers
Literary device
Philip José Farmer, a doubly recursive method is used to intertwine its fictional layers. This novel is part of a science fiction series, the World of Tiers
Story_within_a_story
1972 collection of short stories by Arthur C. Clarke
remove the dictator of his African country. "The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told" A recursive letter complaining about plagiarism. "Herbert George
The_Wind_from_the_Sun
American editor and author (1979–present)
an American writer and editor who primarily works with horror and science fiction. His work occasionally blends into other genres such as mystery, western
Michael_Bailey_(editor)
Hypothesized risk to human existence
this point is made so seldom outside of science fiction. It is sometimes worthwhile to take science fiction seriously. Scholars such as Marvin Minsky
Existential risk from artificial intelligence
Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence
2002 novel by Paul Saint
by Paul Saint (a pseudonym) and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Third Doctor and Jo.
The_Suns_of_Caresh
2022 video game
she uncovers lost memories and forgotten relationships as she enters a recursive time loop. The game has themes of lesbianism throughout the story, as
Signalis
Congress of Mathematicians in Oslo, helping to found the modern field of recursive function theory. Inge Lehmann argues that the Earth's molten interior
1936_in_science
1976 computer science book by Niklaus Wirth
Chapter 1 - Fundamental Data Structures Chapter 2 - Sorting Chapter 3 - Recursive Algorithms Chapter 4 - Dynamic Information Structures Chapter 5 - Language
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
Algorithms_+_Data_Structures_=_Programs
Hypothetical planetary engineering process
science fiction and actual science. The term was coined by Jack Williamson in the science-fiction short story "Collision Orbit" in Astounding Science
Terraforming
British-American architect (1936–2022)
Gatemaker project with Greg Bryant. Alexander discovered and conceived a recursive structure, so called wholeness, which is defined mathematically, exists
Christopher_Alexander
a series of papers. Rózsa Péter presents the results of her paper on recursive function theory, "Rekursive Funktionen," to the International Congress
1932_in_science
of intuitionism, the finitism of Hilbert and Bernays, the constructive recursive mathematics of mathematicians Shanin and Markov, and Bishop's program
Mathematical_object
2022 TV series or program
by Bilibili and produced by BBC Studios which explores the science behind the science fiction of author Liu Cixin. The series premiered in China on 16 November
Rendezvous_with_the_Future
2025 video game
means to play a Doom game. Vulture wrote that The Dark Ages just "feels recursive", suggesting that despite its attempts at innovation, it remains too tethered
Doom:_The_Dark_Ages
Research distributed operating system
name Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a reference to the Ed Wood 1957 cult science fiction Z-movie Plan 9 from Outer Space. The system continues to be used and
Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs
ideas about artificial men and thinking machines became a popular theme in fiction. Notable works include Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), Johann Wolfgang
History of artificial intelligence
History_of_artificial_intelligence
String in combinatorial math
Hamiltonian paths through the Cayley graph of the symmetric group, science fiction author and mathematician Greg Egan devised an algorithm to produce
Superpermutation
Relationship between language and human evolution
recursive elements of language such as spatial prepositions The merger of this ability with their parents' non-recursive language to create recursive
Origin_of_language
List of concepts in artificial intelligence
Intelligence Non-fiction book by Ray Kurzweil, published in 1999, in which he forecasts the future of AI. theoretical computer science (TCS) A subset of
Glossary of artificial intelligence
Glossary_of_artificial_intelligence
Longest printed sentences in English
method is combining shorter clauses. Sentences can also be extended by recursively embedding clauses one into another, such as: "The mouse ran away." "The
Longest_English_sentence
American linguist (born 1936)
30, 1997. Retrieved April 16, 2015. Michael C. Corballis (2011). The Recursive Mind: The Origins of Human Thought, Language, and Civilization. Princeton
Thomas_Givon
Form of word play
Möbius strip club!" puns on the terms Möbius strip and strip club. A recursive pun is one in which the second aspect of a pun relies on the understanding
Pun
Intelligence of machines
"spell the end of the human race". This scenario has been common in science fiction, when a computer or robot suddenly develops a human-like "self-awareness"
Artificial_intelligence
American novelist (born 1946)
non-linear structure reflects this condition by presenting memory as recursive rather than sequential. O'Brien's narrative frequently draws attention
Tim_O'Brien_(author)
field of artificial intelligence over time. AI is a branch of computer science that aims to create machines and systems capable of performing tasks that
Progress in artificial intelligence
Progress_in_artificial_intelligence
American computer scientist (born 1955)
Gelernter's Attack on Evolution". Shallit, Jeffrey (August 2, 2019). "Recursivity: David Gelernter Makes a Fool of Himself Again". Boiskin, Asher; Gao
David_Gelernter
1997 book by Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart
evolution progress for long enough. Topics are illustrated with humorous science fiction snippets dealing with a hypothetical alien intelligence, the Zarathustrians
Figments_of_Reality
Capacity for introspection and individuation as a subject
perception, forming the foundation of conscious self-reflection. This recursive feedback process gives rise to the sensation of being aware of awareness
Self-awareness
American AI researcher and writer (born 1979)
In the intelligence explosion scenario hypothesized by I. J. Good, recursively self-improving AI systems quickly transition from subhuman general intelligence
Eliezer_Yudkowsky
Machine, Popular Science, August 18, 2009 Bassett C, Steinmueller E, Voss G. "Better Made Up: The Mutual Influence of Science Fiction and Innovation".
Ethics of artificial intelligence
Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence
American-Israeli designer and academic
Triennial) Beijing Art Biennale: 2006–2010 2020: Hybrid Living Materials 2016: Recursive symmetries for complex additive manufacturing 2015: Additive Manufacturing
Neri_Oxman
Topics referred to by the same term
function; see Kruskal's tree theorem Tree (automata theory) Tree (command), a recursive directory listing program that produces a depth indented listing of files
Tree_(disambiguation)
2D animation software
the context of The Death of Koschei the Deathless re-invented as a science fiction anime. They have been making regular updates since then on the Morevna
Synfig
Data type which allows a program to indirectly access a particular value in memory
situations in which external storage is preferred: If the data structure is recursive, meaning it may contain itself. This cannot be represented in the internal
Reference_(computer_science)
3-volume treatise on mathematics, 1910–1913
theory specifies the rules of syntax (rules of grammar) usually as a recursive definition that starts with "0" and specifies how to build acceptable
Principia_Mathematica
American computer scientist
Networking (Synthesis Lectures on Data Management) in 2012 and Datalog and Recursive Query Processing (Foundations and Trends(r) in Databases) in 2013. In
Boon_Thau_Loo
Theoretical future event
Point theory in its title, Everything That Rises Must Converge, and science fiction writer Frederik Pohl references Frank Tipler and the Omega Point in
Omega_Point
Fictional character
Long-Lance. Artos the Celt Asquiol of Pompeii: the main character of the science-fiction novella "The Blood Red Game" (1963), Asquiol is leading a human colonizing
Eternal_Champion
Thought experiment on artificial intelligence
machines with minds, in the full and literal sense. This is not science fiction, but real science, based on a theoretical conception as deep as it is daring:
Chinese_room
swarm – Artificial intelligence in fiction – Some examples of artificially intelligent entities depicted in science fiction include: AC created by merging
Outline of artificial intelligence
Outline_of_artificial_intelligence
in 1920. The term "robotics" was coined by Isaac Asimov in his 1941 science fiction short-story "Liar!" Articles related to robotics include: *batteries
Index_of_robotics_articles
2012 non-fiction book by Ray Kurzweil
most aspects of human thought. He also suggests that the brain is a "recursive probabilistic fractal" whose line of code is represented within the 30-100
How_to_Create_a_Mind
1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the National Book Award for Science Hardcover. Gödel, Escher, Bach is in interweaving narratives and the main
Gödel,_Escher,_Bach
American author, columnist, and skeptic
You Are Never Supposed to Know. 1983. Poundstone, William (1984). The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge. Contemporary
William_Poundstone
Fictional character from Doctor Who
created by Steven Moffat and played by Alex Kingston in the British science-fiction series Doctor Who. River Song was introduced to the series as an experienced
River_Song
Symbolic serpent with its tail in its mouth
Serpent" ring, described as a snake consuming its own tail. In the science fiction short story "All You Zombies" (1958) by American writer Robert A. Heinlein
Ouroboros
American economist
Outside Economic Models" (Nobel Lecture) Hansen, L.P. and Sargent, T.J. Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies. Princeton University Press 2013. Hansen
Lars_Peter_Hansen
Realistic artificially generated media
The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. In the 2024 Indian Tamil science fiction action thriller The Greatest of All Time, the teenage version of Vijay's
Deepfake
American scientist (1930–1982)
as an undergraduate. There, he read about Dianetics in Astounding Science Fiction. Although he never exhibited interest in Scientology (which Dianetics
Hugh_Everett_III
Chilean biologist and philosopher (1928–2021)
same kind in a dynamic that can give rise to an open ended diversity of recursive processes that in their turn give rise to the composition of an open ended
Humberto_Maturana
Conformance of AI to intended objectives
Retrieved September 12, 2022. Selman, Bart, Intelligence Explosion: Science or Fiction? (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on May 31, 2022, retrieved
AI_alignment
invisible, energetic fluid that permeates life and especially the mind. Science fiction writers use the word to describe some essential property that makes
Philosophy of artificial intelligence
Philosophy_of_artificial_intelligence
Country in West Asia
from Tel Aviv: What Has Fueled Israel's Startup Ecosystem's Growth". TheRecursive.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023. "Israel: Start-up nation comes of age"
Israel
American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1943)
robust control theory. Sargent has also been a pioneer in introducing recursive economics to academic study, especially for macroeconomic issues such
Thomas_J._Sargent
1007/BF03023988, S2CID 120595680 "Rozsa Peter: Founder of Recursive Function Theory". Women in Science: A Selection of 16 Contributors. San Diego Supercomputer
List of inventions and discoveries by women
List_of_inventions_and_discoveries_by_women
Hypothesis that human replicas elicit revulsion
translated literally as uncanny valley in the 1978 book Robots: Fact, Fiction, and Prediction written by Jasia Reichardt. Over time, this translation
Uncanny_valley
1969 non-fiction book by G. Spencer-Brown
interpretations include finite automata and Alonzo Church's Restricted Recursive Arithmetic (RRA). "Boundary algebra" is a Meguire (2011) term for the
Laws_of_Form
Test of a machine's ability to imitate human intelligence
computer or an alien is intelligent were an established convention in science fiction by the 1940s, and it is likely that Turing would have been aware of
Turing_test
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Boy/Male
English
Dispenser; provider.
Girl/Female
British, English
Brilliant
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French
Dispenser; Form of Spencer; Provisioner
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 2' A country justice.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mounica | மோஉஂநீசா
Silence
Mounica | மோஉஂநீசா
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Knowledge 'Respect; Science
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Logical Science
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indian, Kannada, Muslim
Knowledge; Smart; Science; Metal
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire)
English (Hampshire) : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Indian
Silence
Girl/Female
Hindu
Silence
Female
Spanish
Variant spelling of Medieval Spanish Sens, SENCE means "holy."
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Wisdom Learning, Science
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : metonymic occupational name for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense ‘larder’, ‘storeroom’ (a reduced form of Old French despense, from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere, past participle dispensus, ‘to weigh out or dispense’).
Girl/Female
Tamil
Silence
Girl/Female
Hindu
Silence
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
Knowledge; Wisdom; Learning; Science
Boy/Male
Muslim
Science
Male
Arthurian
, ("warrior"); an enemy of king Arthur.
Boy/Male
Indian
Science
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n.
The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
interj.
Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
n.
Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.
v. t.
Causing revulsion; revulsive.
v. t.
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
a.
Repulsive; driving back.
v. t.
To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
a.
Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
adv.
In a decursive manner.
n.
A revulsive medicine.
v. t.
To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
n.
That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive remedy or agent.
n.
Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
n.
Want of science or knowledge; ignorance.
v. t.
To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
a.
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
v. t.
To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
n.
A character used in cursive writing.
a.
Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
n.
Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.