Sense of wonder

A sense of wonder (sometimes jokingly written sensawunda)^[1]^[2] is an intellectual and emotional state frequently invoked in discussions of science and biology, higher consciousness, science fiction, and philosophy.

For the 1985 Van Morrison album, see A Sense of Wonder. For other uses, see Sense of Wonder (disambiguation).

Wonder (emotion)

Sublime (literary)

Numinousity

Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1993). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press.

Moskowitz, Sam (1974). Immortal Storm: A History of Science Fiction Fandom. New York: Hyperion Books.

Robu, Cornel (Spring 1988). "A Key to Science Fiction: the Sublime". Foundation (42): 21–37.