Dreampunk is a niche genre of speculative fiction that asks the question "Is this real?" and then follows up with "What does that even mean anyway?" Alice in Wonderland would be the prototypical example, but any anti-authoritarian investigation into the nature of dreams, reality, the self, and the universe might qualify. Examples abound in books, movies, and TV. Keep reading to see what I mean.

Teen Fiction / SciFi - The City: a utopian society with dark secrets, shielding its denizens from a toxic Earth. Inside, an insecure young man with a brilliant mind, a girl who wants to see the stars shine from a real sky, and a maverick professor who knows more than he should. And then there's the Mind, who watches...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days. When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.

Mr. Scott discovers a bomb on board the Enterprise that will explode if the ship drops below warp five.

Okaaay, how the feck I made it this far, I'll never know. I have the feeling I'm not gonna make it through this round, so Dan, I hope I made you proud and it was worth inviting me :P This one has been funny as hell - pick at least four pictures posted by the other contestants with the inclusion of futurama. Make it Sci-Fi. Add quotes for Dan and VC in bold.

'If What Was can be undone, then What Will Be will Never Be.' So speak the Temporal Seers, after witnessing the destruction of their world in a vision of the future. Using this as their guide, the Aggregate's Silver Council sends Admiral Vit Barkada back into the past in a bid to stop a war. But is it already too late? Sci-Fi Smackdown, Round 4, using vanitycat's Futurama pic, Angus' soldier pic, Alice's child and bear, Ell's egg pic and Twin's purple abstract

My Collection of Short Stories. Fantasy and Science Fiction currently make up the lot. I am sure there are more to come!

A Soft Science Fiction short written for the final round of the SciFi Smackdown 1.5-- Cadie is unplugged. She is shunned by those who use the Scroll and sought out by Abhi--who wants as his student. But why, and at what cost?

SciFi Smackdown round II; Take a 'Trashic' (The Da Vinci Code) and a 'Classic' (The Picture of Dorian Gray), combine the two and make it SciFi. Oorahh! :P