Spy-fi (neologism)

Spy-fi is a subgenre of spy fiction that includes elements of science fiction.[1][2][3][4][5] It is a subgenre of spy fiction in which spies and espionage are placed in future setting. Features of spy-fi include the effects of technology on the espionage trade and the technological gadgets used tend to be over the top of society. This type of fiction focuses on glamour, adventure, and daring spirit of spies.[6]

Definition and characteristics

Spy-fi often includes secret agents or super spies whose missions showcase science fiction technology including tools, equipment, and other devices.[7] Typical Spy-fi plots include elements such as world domination or world destruction, futuristic weapons and gadgets, and vehicles that can travel on land, fly, or sail on or under the sea. Spy-fi does not necessarily present espionage as it is practiced in reality, but emphasizes high-tech equipment mixed with the glamour and adventure of fictionalized spycraft.

The spy protagonist may discover in his or her investigation that a mad scientist or evil genius and his secret organization are using futuristic technology to further their schemes. Examples of these include the James Bond film series,[8][9][10] with use of advanced scientific technologies for global influence or domination in The Baroness spy novels, using space travel technology to destroy the world as in Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, weather control in Our Man Flint, using a sonic weapon in Dick Barton Strikes Back, a death ray in Dick Barton at Bay, replacing world leaders with evil twins in In Like Flint, or brainwashing assassins in The Manchurian Candidate and Cypher.

Examples

Films and television

Books and novels

Games

Anime

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Spy Fi Shelf". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  2. ↑ Danesi, Marcel (2012). Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives. (2nd ed.). Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated. p. 76. ISBN 9781442217836.
  3. ↑ "Relive decades of spy-fi with an epic retrospective on James Bonds’ sci-fi gadgets". Blastr. 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  4. ↑ "Spy-fi is just around the corner". Tor.com. 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  5. ↑ Sexton, Max. "Celluloid Television: The Action Adventure Genre of the 1960s". Dandelion. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Spyfi". BestScienceFictionBooks.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  7. 1 2 Biederman, Danny (2004). The Incredible World of Spy-fi: Wild and Crazy Spy Gadgets, Props, and Artifacts from TV and the Movies. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 081184224X.
  8. ↑ MI6-HQ Copyright 2016. "Spies + Spoofs :: MI6 :: The Home Of James Bond 007". Mi6-hq.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  9. ↑ Weiner, Robert G.; Whitfield, B. Lynn; Becker, Jack (2010). James Bond in World and Popular Culture: The Films are Not Enough (1. publ. ed.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. p. 100. ISBN 1443822892.
  10. ↑ Packer, Jeremy (2009). Secret Agents: Popular Icons Beyond James Bond. New York: Peter Lang. p. xi. ISBN 0820486698. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  11. ↑ Britton, Wesley (2004). Spy Television. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0275981630.
  12. ↑ Stuller, Jennifer K. (2010). Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology. London: I.B. Tauris & Co. ISBN 1845119657.
  13. ↑ Avam, Elizabeth; Hoskin, Dave (2004). "TV Eye". Metro Maganzine (141): 158.

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