Quantum fiction

Quantum fiction is a literary genre that reflects modern experience of the material world and reality as influenced by quantum theory and new principles in quantum physics. The genre is not necessarily science-themed and blurs the line separating science fiction and fantasy into a broad scope of mainstream literature that transcends the mechanical model of science and involves the fantasy of human perception or imagination as realistic components affecting the every day physical world. Quantum fiction is characterized by the use of an element in quantum mechanics as a storytelling device. In quantum fiction, everyday life hinges on some aspect of the quantum nature of reality.The genre reflects the modern human experience of new perceptions about material reality as affected by quantum physics, which transcends mechanical models of science and factors in imagination and human perception as components of reality.This genre is characterized by any or all of the following characteristics: The author's use of quantum mechanics to make possible supernatural, paranormal, or fantastic elements of a story in which reality appears to defy the laws of mechanical physics A character as a consciously influencing observer of reality The scientific recognition of an unquantified animating force of matter measured by Observer effect (physics), posited as consciousness or spirit A theme, character, or events of a story existing per an element explainable as reality according to quantum theory Adventures involving synchronicity, multiple dimension reality, interactive metaverses, parallel worlds or life as a multiverse Consciousness (a character or a reader) as an interactive influence in the creation and perception of reality and plot line Reality behaving unpredictably as per subatomic particles