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==Examples== ==Examples==
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Spy-fi is a subgenre of spy fiction that includes elements of science fiction.. It is subgenre of in which spies and espionage are placed in future setting. Feature of Spy-fi is 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 focus on glamour, adventure, and daring spirit of spies.

Definition and characteristics

Spy-fi often includes secret agents or super spies whose missions showcase science fiction technology including tools, equipment, and other devices. Plotlines 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.

Examples

The spy protagonist may discover in his or her investigation that a mad scientist or evil genius and his secret organisation are using futuristic technology to further their schemes. Examples of these include the James Bond film series, 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.

Films and television

Books and novels

Games

Anime

See also

Further reading

  • Biederman D, Wallace R, Einstein S (2004). The Incredible World of Spy Fi. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0-8118-4224-2.

References

  1. "Spy Fi". Goodreads.
  2. Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives by Marcel Danesi page 76
  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 1.1 (2010).
  6. "Spyfi". BestScienceFictionBooks.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  7. Biederman, Danny. The Incredible World of Spy-fi: Wild and Crazy Spy Gadgets, Props, and Artifacts from TV and the Movies. Chronicle Books, 2004.
  8. MI6-HQ Copyright 2016. "Spies + Spoofs :: MI6 :: The Home Of James Bond 007". Mi6-hq.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. James Bond in World and Popular Culture: The Films are Not Enough by by Robert G. Weiner, B. Lynn Whitfield, Jack Becker, page 100
  10. Secret Agents: Popular Icons Beyond James Bond by Jeremy Packer
  11. Britton, Wesley Alan. Spy television. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
  12. Biederman, Danny. The Incredible World of Spy-fi: Wild and Crazy Spy Gadgets, Props, and Artifacts from TV and the Movies. Chronicle Books, 2004.
  13. Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology by Jennifer K. Stuller
  14. The great James Bond Atlas: all films, venues & Backgrounds edited by Armin Sinnwell
  15. Hoskin, Dave, and Elizabeth Avram. "TV Eye." Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine 141 (2004): 158.

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