I am coining a new term for an existing sub-genre of science fiction, "Time Fiction".
Sure there have been time travel shows in the past, but even in most science fiction shows prior to the year 2000, time travel is usually limited to a handful of standalone episodes. In the past few years, I am noticing a jump in the use of time travel as an integral plot element in many main stream television shows and movies. Enterprise, Lost, Heroes, The 4400, Primeval and Being Erica for example.
And as writers create new twists, its increasingly harder to call these shows "time travel" shows, since the "travel" portion is becoming optional (eg, The Lake House. And arguably Doctor Who's Blink as well as the Time Traveler's Wife, where the lead characters never actually travel through time).
Thus for convenience's sake and to cover all possible time travel scenarios, lets just label these as "Time Fiction" or "Time Opera" stories. PS: I Googled around and everyone uses "time travel fiction", no one uses the term Time Fiction.
Sure there have been time travel shows in the past, but even in most science fiction shows prior to the year 2000, time travel is usually limited to a handful of standalone episodes. In the past few years, I am noticing a jump in the use of time travel as an integral plot element in many main stream television shows and movies. Enterprise, Lost, Heroes, The 4400, Primeval and Being Erica for example.
And as writers create new twists, its increasingly harder to call these shows "time travel" shows, since the "travel" portion is becoming optional (eg, The Lake House. And arguably Doctor Who's Blink as well as the Time Traveler's Wife, where the lead characters never actually travel through time).
Thus for convenience's sake and to cover all possible time travel scenarios, lets just label these as "Time Fiction" or "Time Opera" stories. PS: I Googled around and everyone uses "time travel fiction", no one uses the term Time Fiction.
