Sci-Fi and Fantasy Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Stories set in a world after a massive disaster has wiped out society
  2. 8. An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect
  3. 9. Transforming a planet to make it habitable for human life
  4. 10. A futuristic society that is oppressive, fearful, or highly controlled
  5. 14. A journey toward a specific goal, often involving a hero's trial
  6. 15. Giving human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities
  7. 16. An umbrella term for fiction involving elements that do not exist in reality.
  8. 17. MAGIC A magic system with strict, clearly defined rules and costs
  9. 20. Communication between minds without using traditional senses
  10. 22. A magical or technological doorway to another world or dimension
  11. 23. HISTORY Stories set in a world where a historical event happened differently
  12. 24. Meaningless technical jargon used to sound scientific in fiction
Down
  1. 1. A newly coined word or expression common in Sci-Fi world-building
  2. 2. BUILDING The process of creating a fictional universe with its own history and laws
  3. 4. feeling of being an outsider, common in stories about "the other
  4. 5. A subgenre featuring high tech and low life (often hackers and AI
  5. 6. A common or overused theme, device, or cliché in a specific genre
  6. 7. CONTACT The initial meeting between humans and an extraterrestrial species
  7. 11. Fiction dealing with the end of civilization or the world
  8. 12. A situation, often in time travel, that contradicts itself
  9. 13. OPERA A subgenre of Sci-Fi emphasizing adventure and romantic galactic empires
  10. 16. A subgenre inspired by 19th-century steam-powered machinery
  11. 18. An ancient object of power or significance, common in quest fantasy
  12. 19. The capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively (often of AI)
  13. 21. MAGIC A magic system that is mysterious, vague, and lacks defined limits