Now, although the roots of the mystery story in serious literature go back as far as Balzac, Dickens, and Poe, it was not until the closing decades of the 19th century that the private detective became an established figure in popular fiction.

Not all recent science fiction, however, is dystopian, for the optimistic strain is still very much alive in Mission Of Gravity and Childhood's End, as we have seen, as well as in many other recent popular novels and stories like Fred Hoyle's The Black Cloud ( 1957 ) ; ;

* A. E. van Vogt, regarded as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers during its " Golden Age "

Alfred Elton van Vogt ( April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000 ) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the " Golden Age " of the genre.

ARPA / DARPA is well known as a high-tech government agency, and as such has many appearances in popular fiction.

To that end, his fiction often included elements of popular pseudosciences such as phrenology and physiognomy.

Poe was also known as a writer of fiction and became one of the first American authors of the 19th century to become more popular in Europe than in the United States.

The most popular single earthquake in fiction is the hypothetical " Big One " expected of California's San Andreas Fault someday, as depicted in the novels Richter 10 ( 1996 ) and Goodbye California ( 1977 ) among other works.

In popular culture, formula fiction is literature in which the storylines and plots have been reused to the extent that the narratives are predictable.

Feminist science fiction is evidenced in the globally popular mediums of comic books, manga, and graphic novels.

The Wanderer, found in many Gothic tales, is the epitome of isolation as he wanders the earth in perpetual exile, usually a form of divine punishment .” Below are classified different stock characters of the Gothic Novel along with examples from popular fiction in the genre.

Over time, the costume selection extended to include popular characters from fiction, celebrities, and generic archetypes such as ninjas and princesses.

Such works have been the inspiration for a number of popular modern fiction novels.

High fantasy is the most popular and successful subgenre of the fantasy fiction.

The phrase and the legend are quoted very often in fiction and popular culture in the United States.

Because their text-only nature sidestepped the problem of writing for the widely divergent graphics architectures of the day, interactive fiction games were easily ported across all the popular platforms, even those such as CP / M not known for gaming or strong graphics capabilities.

Incest is a somewhat popular topic in English erotic fiction ; there are entire collections and websites devoted solely to this genre, with an entire genre of pornographic pulp fiction known as " incest novels ".

These negative qualities provided extensive material for fiction writers in the Victorian era, and John remains a recurring character within Western popular culture, primarily as a villain in films and stories depicting the Robin Hood legends.

* The popular science fiction universe of Star Wars uses a transport vehicle known as the Lambda-class shuttle that when viewed forward has the shape of the lowercase lambda.

" The Mokèlé-mbèmbé and its associated folklore also appear in several works of fiction and popular culture such as " Jurassic Park III ".

Such fantasy settings for MUDs are common, while many others have science fiction settings or are based on popular books, movies, animations, periods of history, and so on.

They were especially popular with science fiction fans, who used them extensively in the production of fanzines in the middle 20th century, before photocopying became inexpensive.

The contributors to this testament were all well-known: a former Democratic candidate for President, a New Deal poet, the magazine's chief editorial writer, two newspaper columnists, head of a national broadcasting company, a popular Protestant evangelist, etc..

The letters home, the talks later given by returning members of the Peace Corps, the influence on the lives of those who spend two or three years in hard work abroad -- all this may combine to provide a substantial popular base for responsible American policies toward the world.

When the power of the latter was made both limited and explicit -- when norms were clarified and made more precise and the creation of new norms was placed exclusively in parliamentary hands -- two purposes were served: Government was made subservient to an institutionalized popular will, and law became a rational system for implementing that will, for serving conscious goals, for embodying the `` public policy ''.

Indeed most Arminians reject all accusations of Pelagianism ; nonetheless, primarily due to Calvinist opponents, the two terms remain intertwined in popular usage.

A number of theories have been proposed to explain the two figures, and there are occasional references to them in popular culture.

There are two species popular as edible vegetable in Vietnam: dền đỏ-amaranthus tricolor and dền cơm or dền trắng-amaranthus viridis.

Of his late works for the stage only two works gained wide popular esteem during his life, Palmira, regina di Persia ( Palmira, Queen of Persia ) 1795 and Cesare in Farmacusa ( Caesar on Pharmacusa ), both drawing on the heroic and exotic success established with Axur.

The two beaches are linked by part of the Fife Coastal Path which also takes you past the harbour and the Hawkcraig-a popular rock climbing location.

The two most popular heaters for ultra-high-efficiency houses are a small heat pump, which also provides air-conditioning, or a central hydronic ( radiator ) air heater with water recirculating from the water heater.

In the United States, two additional variations are popular: American Smooth and American Rhythm.

Clinton remained popular with the public throughout his two terms as President, ending his presidential career with a 65 % approval rating, the highest end-of-term approval rating of any President since Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Theodotion's translation is much closer to the Masoretic text and became so popular that it replaced the original Septuagint version of Daniel, in all but two manuscripts of the Septuagint itself.

The fantasy game supplement Thieves World, based on the popular series of books by Robert Lynn Asprin, used both the system for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as well as the RuneQuest variation of the BRP for character statistics, representing the two most popular game systems of the time.

Later, in popular imagination, these two events became confused with each other, leading to a legendary but inaccurate version of events.

Chaplin's compositions produced two popular songs.

Common Lisp is most frequently compared with, and contrasted to, Scheme — if only because they are the two most popular Lisp dialects.

It is implemented on two popular mobile phones, each provided with software disambiguation, which allows users to avoid using the space-bar.

The two perhaps most popular definitions used in older literature are the 15 ° C calorie and the thermochemical calorie.

* In a 1994 episode of the popular animated television series Beavis and Butt-head, the two eponymous characters, after watching a milk ad on television, set out to tip over a cow, only to result in Beavis being crushed when the cow falls on him.

Perhaps not surprisingly given the injury to Walker and the trading of two of the team's most popular players, the Rockies finished third in the National League in attendance in 2000, marking the first time in club history that it did not lead the league in attendance.

( Maille Artisans International League ) and the Ring Lord community forum are two of the most popular.

However it was only in 1927 that the shakta theory of seven main chakras, that has become most popular in the West, was introduced, largely through the translation of two Indian texts: the Sat-Cakra-Nirupana, and the Padaka-Pancaka, by Sir John Woodroffe, alias Arthur Avalon, in a book titled The Serpent Power.

Casablanca is home to two popular football clubs, Raja Club Athletic and Wydad Athletic Club.

These two popular clubs have produced some of Morocco's best players such as: Salaheddine Bassir, Abdelmajid Dolmy, Baddou Zaki, Aziz Bouderbala and Noureddine Naybet.