New Wave

New Wave is a science-fiction subgenre.
The New Wave started during the 1960s with the objective of producing science-fiction stories with literary quality and renew a genre many feel had become staleNicholls, Peter. "New Wave." The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Eds. John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight. Gollancz, 2 Apr. 2015. Web. 23 Feb. 2019.. They rejected the space opera and intended to write stories more reflexive and philosophical, which were the start of the soft SF subgenre.
It took on qualities of late-1960 counterculture, having interest in mind-altering drugs, oriental religions, sex, breaking taboos and a feeling of pessimism about the future, due to concerns about overpopulation, ecology, war and politics. 
==Defining authors==
* Brian W Aldiss
* J G Ballard
* Samuel R Delany
* Thomas M. Disch
==Genre highlights==
* Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut
* On Wings of Song (1979) by Thomas M. Disch
==References==
Category:Genres