Science Fiction and Fantasy Definitions of Terms starting with C

The articles available beginning with C:

• Cepheid Variables: These are generally thought to be super massive stars that effectively pulsate. Basically what happe (more...)
• Civilisation Level: A method of broadly defining civilisations based on their ability to manage energy resources. This i (more...)
• Clone: A copy, or copies, of a unique original. Usually applied to human beings and generally considered 'A (more...)
• Close Encounters: There are generally considered to be three levels of human-alien interaction. These have been define (more...)
• Combat Suit: Combat suits are common elements in MilSciFi - that branch of the genre that deals with combat in fu (more...)
• Communications: Space is a huge place and even light takes quite a while to get around in it. This means that all ra (more...)
• Computers: Computers are rarely the centre of a story in science fiction though a number of computers have been (more...)
• Contra-Gravity: The ability to counter gravity. Many stories also use the term anti-gravity. Cultures that have this (more...)
• Cosy Catastrophe: The title given to that sub genre of story that deal with the results of a catastrophe. The nature o (more...)
• Cryogenics: This is basically the art of freezing people in a controlled fashion in order to be able to bring th (more...)
• Cyberpunk: That sub genre of SF that deals with the exploitation of the Computer Age and the Information Superh (more...)
• Cyberspace: The linked computer networks making up the world's data networks. In Science Fiction, this is often (more...)
• Cyborg: A cyborg is a creature created from the melding of being and machine. Possibly the most famous cybor (more...)