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Originally Posted by Falcao
I hate when SF books are situated in, say 30th century, and make references to 20th/21th century facts, like if somebody would remember us in 30th century. How about making references to some invented 27th century cultural trends?
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Today we make references to people and events that took place 2000 years ago as a matter of course. Middle ages... Renaissance... regularly referenced. So I can buy 20th century references in a 30th century story... as long as they are reasonably significant, or likely to be historically lasting (IOW, no references to obscure metal bands or catch phrases from "Chico and the Man").
I do like to see authors create their own cultural references... Jack McDevitt, I think, does this very well.