Writers of science fiction rely on scientific advancement and imagined technology to create their plots. Often times, science fiction mixes a scientific adventure with traveling to distant galaxies or with encountering unusual aliens. Sometimes, the author imagines what the future of humanity will be.

Science fiction could be described as the genre of "what if?" What if there were life on other planets? What if someone were to travel faster than light? What if there were people who lived inside a world rather than on its surface? The possibilities of science fiction are as endless as the imagination.

The areas covered in science fiction are as diverse as the readers of the genre itself. Some stories are set in a near future with scenarios that are probable. Others are set so far in the future or in the past that they seem close to impossible let alone improbable.

A science fiction reader at the Norfolk Public Library has both a willing suspension of disbelief and a questioning mind.