Thread: Whither SF?
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Old 05-06-2012, 08:58 PM   #27
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by Connallmac View Post
No, it is not. SciFi is about how science and it's advances change humanity and culture. Star Wars is anything but that. Luke is taught to handle magic and a magic sword by an old wizard to save the princess from the black knight.
By this definition, a lot of SF isn't. "Dune" isn't because the Bene Gesserit are sorceresses who drink magic potions to obtain supernatural powers, while Paul Atreides is a member of the nobility who hides out with desert nomads while waiting to develop into a magical savior. For a book that a lot of critics believe is the best SF novel ever written, it has very little actual science in it (much less than Star Wars), and I wouldn't describe it as being about how "science and its advances change humanity and culture."
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