no lists with scifi terms ?

If not, you can always make one.

Thats my problem I don't know any of the scifi terms and won't to learn them so can try and read a read novels without spending hours using a dictionary.

Hmmmm, some quick Googling didn't turn up any lists online. If you find one it should be straightforward to make a Skritter list out of it.

James

Chinese people have Scifi?

Why wouldn't they ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_in_China

worlds most read scifi mag
http://www.sfw-cd.com/
http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/40079.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_World


can find versions of Dr Who and more than a few western scifi and fantasy movies in mandarin

Dr Who -> 神秘博士 (mysterious doctor)

I'm the doctor -> 我是博士 (I have a phD)

apparently films/programs mentioning time travel are banned at the moment

http://scifimafia.com/2011/04/china-bans-tales-of-time-travel/

More on chinese scifi
http://www.concatenation.org/articles/sf~china.html
http://www.concatenation.org/articles/science_fiction_china.html
http://www.concatenation.org/articles/science_fiction_world_2010.html

They also appear to have a cosplay scene
http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/nazi-chic-cosplay-chinese-netizen-reactions.html


http://popupchinese.com/lessons/sinica/science-fiction-in-china

Pick up a novel or comic book and just add everything you don't recognize as you go along.

Found a few(hopefully correct)

Lets start a list here.
Add your corrections and additions please
not all just scifi terms - mostly science terms

科幻 kē huàn science fiction - abbr. for 科學幻想
科学幻想 kē xué huàn xiǎng science fiction
虫洞 chóng dòng worm-hole
科幻电影 kē huàn diàn yǐng science fiction movie
科幻小说 kē huàn xiǎo shuō science fiction novel
科技惊悚 kē jì jīng sǒng techno-thriller/science fiction thriller
外星人 wài xīng rén space alien or et
量子沫 liàng zǐ mò quantum foam
航天 háng tiān space flight
上天 shàng tiān heaven/to take off and fly into space
深空 shēn kōng deep space (outer space)
时空 shí kōng space-time (relativity)
太空 tài kōng outer space
天梯 tiān tī space elevator
卫星 wèi xīng satellite
幽浮 yōu fú U.F.O./space ship
宇航 yǔ háng space flight
发现号 Fā xiàn háo Discovery space shuttle/space shuttle
奋进号 fèn jìn hào space shuttle Endeavor
航天局 háng tiān jú space agency
空荡荡 kōng dàng dàng complete vacuum
空间局 kōng jiān jú space agency
空间站 kōng jiān zhàn space station
空白点 kòng bái diǎn empty space
太空舱 tài kōng cāng space capsule/ejection capsule
太空梭 tài kōng suō space shuttle
太空游 tài kōng yóu space tourism
太空站 tài kōng zhàn space station
外太空 wài tài kōng outer space
相空间 xiàng kōng jiān phase space
宇航局 yǔ háng jú space agency
舱外活动 cāng wài huó dòng extravehicular activity/EVA
超维空间 chāo wéi kōng jiān hyperspace
地面控制 dì miàn kòng zhì ground control
航天飞机 háng tiān fēi jī space shuttle
航天中心 háng tiān zhōng xīn space center
空间探测 kōng jiān tàn cè space probe
空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng complete vacuum
送上太空 sòng shàng tài kōng to launch into space
太空飞船 tài kōng fēi chuán space shuttle
太空漫步 tài kōng màn bù space walk
太空探索 tài kōng tàn suǒ space exploration
天外来客 tiān wài lái kè visitors from outer space
挑战者号 tiǎo zhàn zhě hào space shuttle Challenger
外层空间 wài céng kōng jiān outer space
国家航天局 Guó jiā Háng tiān jú China National Space Administration (CNSA)
美国宇航局 Měi guó yǔ háng jú NASA
欧洲航天局 Oū zhōu Háng tiān jú European Space Agency (ESA)
轨道空间站 guǐ dào kōng jiān zhàn orbiting space station
国际太空站 guó jì tài kōng zhàn International Space Station
中国国家航天局 Zhōng guó Guó jiā Háng tiān jú China National Space Administration (CNSA)
载人轨道空间站 zài rén guǐ dào kōng jiān zhàn manned orbiting space station
时空旅行 shí kōng lǚ xíng time travel
激光 jī guāng laser
激光器 jī guāng qì laser
铳 chòng pistol
巡洋舰 xún yáng jiàn cruiser/battle cruiser
战 zhàn battle
出征 chū zhēng to go into battle
打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle/to go to war
斗争 dòu zhēng a struggle/fight/battle
恶斗 è dòu hard fighting/fierce battle
恶战 è zhàn hard fighting/fierce battle
会战 huì zhàn battle/decisive engagement between opposing armed forces
火线 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle)
决战 jué zhàn decisive battle
军阵 jūn zhèn battle formation
开战 kāi zhàn to start a war/to make war/to battle against
临阵 lín zhèn to prepare for battle
胜负 shèng fù victory or defeat/the outcome of a battle
胜仗 shèng zhàng victory/victorious battle
血战 xuè zhàn bloody battle
战机 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle/fighter aircraft
战况 zhàn kuàng battlefield situation/battle progress
战线 zhàn xiàn battle line/battlefront/front
战友 zhàn yǒu comrade-in-arms/battle companion
阵容 zhèn róng troop arrangement/battle formation
阵亡 zhèn wáng to die in battle
阵线 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group)/line of battle/alignment
征夫 zhēng fū traveler/soldier on expedition/soldier taking part in battle
征士 zhēng shì soldier (in battle)
肉搏战 ròu bó zhàn hand to hand struggle or battle
巡洋舰 xún yáng jiàn cruiser (warship)/battle cruiser
战斗群 zhàn dòu qún battle group/naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier
百战百胜 bǎi zhàn bǎi shèng emerge victorious in every battle/be ever-victorious
不避斧钺 bù bì fǔ yuè soldier must face danger bravely
唇枪舌剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn fight a battle of words/cross verbal swords
两虎相斗 liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two major contestants/a battle of the giants
战无不胜，攻无不取 zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù qǔ to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering/ever victorious/nothing they can't do

Remember to include something on time travel :P

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1376771/Great-Scott-China-bans-time-travel-cinema-TV.html

Most of those definitions seem to come straight out of CEDICT/MDBG, so they look good. Note that 上天 has several more meanings (it seems to be somewhat ambiguous out of context). It's already in the Skritter DB with lots of those meanings, so you don't have to worry about it.

James

I'm in the process of picking up Ender's Game in Chinese. I'll be sure to make that a Skritter list when I have some free time to actually read the book. I'm sure it will have a lot of fun vocabulary.