Biology in fiction | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-27

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00:01:39 1 Aspects of biology
00:01:59 1.1 Evolution
00:02:46 1.2 Disease
00:04:12 1.3 Genetics
00:06:10 1.4 Parasitism
00:07:28 1.5 Symbiosis
00:08:20 1.6 Ecology
00:09:43 1.7 Fictional organisms
00:10:12 2 Functions
00:10:46 2.1 Monsters and aliens
00:12:52 2.2 Optimism and pessimism
00:14:19 2.3 Biological parables
00:16:58 2.4 Structure and themes
00:17:36 3 Realism



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Biology appears in fiction, especially but not only in science fiction, both in the shape of real aspects of the science, used as themes or plot devices, and in the form of fictional elements, whether fictional extensions or applications of biological theory, or through the invention of fictional organisms. Major aspects of biology found in fiction include evolution, disease, genetics, parasitism and symbiosis (mutualism), and ecology.
Speculative evolution enables authors with sufficient skill to create what the critic Helen N. Parker calls biological parables, illuminating the human condition from an alien viewpoint. Fictional alien animals and plants, especially humanoids, have frequently been created simply to provide entertaining monsters. Zoologists such as Sam Levin have argued that, driven by natural selection on other planets, aliens might indeed tend to resemble humans to some extent.
Major themes of science fiction include messages of optimism or pessimism; Helen N. Parker has noted that in biological fiction, pessimism is by far the dominant outlook. Early works such as H. G. Wells's novels explored the grim consequences of Darwinian evolution, ruthless competition, and the dark side of human nature; Aldous Huxley's Brave New World was similarly gloomy about the effects of genetic engineering. 
Fictional biology, too, has enabled major science fiction authors like Stanley Weinbaum, Isaac Asimov, John Brunner, and Ursula Le Guin to create what Parker called biological parables, with convincing portrayals of alien worlds able to support deep analogies with Earth and humanity.