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1skoobdo
Science-fiction stories can be interesting, and not really boring. It should touches on humans living in the future with scientific discoveries,inventions and disasters that can happen on the planet, Earth and living in another planets and time dimensions. Science-Fiction can be problems related to us in the future to come. Take for instance, The Wars of The World" by H.G.Wells might depict the possible invasion of the Martians on our planet. Space Odessey's series novels by Arthur C. Clarke is already a reality with existing space stations, space walks,satellites and maybe human colonisation on other planets in the future.
2jseger9000
Space Odessey's series novels by Arthur C. Clarke is already a reality with existing space stations, space walks,satellities and maybe human colonisation on other planets in the future.
Don't I wish. 2001 is my favorite sci-fi book and one of my favorite movies, but it also makes me sad. Like it represents the future that should have been.
Don't I wish. 2001 is my favorite sci-fi book and one of my favorite movies, but it also makes me sad. Like it represents the future that should have been.
3CliffBurns
...if Vietnam hadn't bled U.S. coffers and distracted space-lover LBJ from "the final frontier"...
4hermit_9
...if Vietnam hadn't bled U.S. coffers and distracted space-lover LBJ from "the final frontier"...
We still had a clear mission through the Johnson administration, and we accomplished it. It was in the subsequent administrations that we lost the space program. Nobody since Kennedy has cared enough about the importance of science in general (and space science in particular) to make it a national priority. We have been distracted by many other issues, and we may have let that distraction cost us dearly. Notice the lack of innovation since the sixties (except in computer science, of course).
I am afraid we Americans are great sprinters, but we don't seem to have the concentration for a marathon.
But back on the original thread: science fiction has always been a clear voice expressing the best and worst of all possible futures. It is up to us to chart a course between the extremes we can envision.
We still had a clear mission through the Johnson administration, and we accomplished it. It was in the subsequent administrations that we lost the space program. Nobody since Kennedy has cared enough about the importance of science in general (and space science in particular) to make it a national priority. We have been distracted by many other issues, and we may have let that distraction cost us dearly. Notice the lack of innovation since the sixties (except in computer science, of course).
I am afraid we Americans are great sprinters, but we don't seem to have the concentration for a marathon.
But back on the original thread: science fiction has always been a clear voice expressing the best and worst of all possible futures. It is up to us to chart a course between the extremes we can envision.
5rojse
Science fiction can be used to discuss possible problems and scenarios in the future in a way that is easily accessible for the scientific layman.
It certainly is not always the case, but this, to me, differentiates science fiction to other genres of writing within fiction.
It certainly is not always the case, but this, to me, differentiates science fiction to other genres of writing within fiction.
6leewit
Science fiction is allowed to describe our world more accurately than most other genres. I've heard that Aesop said that you can say anything about anyone as long as you make them an animal.
It can also be used to explore how something might affect our society. Heinlein experimented with a few different social systems, such as Starship Troopers. Ursula LeGuin considered how instant communication without faster than light transportation would affect us. In Hyperion, Simmons imagined what it would be like to have instant transport anywhere, and then what would happen if it was suddenly shut off.
It can also be used to explore how something might affect our society. Heinlein experimented with a few different social systems, such as Starship Troopers. Ursula LeGuin considered how instant communication without faster than light transportation would affect us. In Hyperion, Simmons imagined what it would be like to have instant transport anywhere, and then what would happen if it was suddenly shut off.
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