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Originally Posted by kennyc
Some might I suppose. It fits a bit like "alternate history"
Generally to be SF or Fantasy or Speculative fiction there must be some component, technology, or something that is not "real" in everyday life. I think in Atlas shrugged it was all "real" just with secret plans societies etc. (I've not actually read it). In 1984 the first unreal thing is the two-way viewscreens that big brother uses - something that was certainly speculative at the time it was written.
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Well, in "Atlas Shrugged" there's an engine that works with static electricity from the atmosphere, an ultrasonic massive destruction weapon, a metal alloy that cointains iron and copper that is lighter and stronger than steel and a calendar in the sky, to name some.