Strictly speaking, every science fiction tale presents its own version of future and therefore there are as many science fiction universes as there are science fiction stories. Many SF tales follow dictates of a particular subgenre like Cyberpunk or Space Opera of which, see the separate entry.
... derives its title from
the heading of the first book, De imitatione Christi
et contemptu omnium vanitatum mundi. It consists
of four books and seems to have been ...