Why We Love Sci-Fi: It Boldly Goes Where Other Stories Can’t
Unleashing the power of imagination, science fiction takes us on journeys beyond the realm of our everyday lives. It's a genre that dares to dream, to question, and to explore the uncharted territories of human potential and cosmic mysteries.
Why is sci-fi so popular?
Popular because it delves into complex themes that other media (non-fiction) cannot explore
- Sci-fi shows us through film, television, and literature where our society might have ended up, for better and for worse, had things been different
The fantastic voyage:
Brave, scientist-type explorers who go to where humans don’t usually live
- “Star Trek” and “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
- Domestic science fiction: stories about our encounters with new science and technology in our daily lives
- Cyberpunk, “Neuromancer”
Science fiction can provide windows into social codes of conduct
For science fiction short-story writers, narratives involving first contact with extraterrestrials have been the surest route to publication
- Those stories most likely to be reprinted are those that take on headier themes
- Science fiction is a positive genre because it believes rational humans can work together and use science and technology to improve the world
- It holds up a mirror to the present by looking ahead to the future
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