Originally Posted by elcreative
Whilst I take your point about what's happening with real tech, your comment about "gee-whiz spaceships and aliens..." is just as insulting and ill-informed as Margaret Atwood's comments that "she didn't write SF as there were no spaceships and squids..." Star Wars, B-movies, the pulps from the 1920s-40s and other similar material are only a part of SF... and not the major part...
There is much quality material using SF tropes to explore the human condition and look at alternatives to where we are now not to forget the classic "if this goes on..." theme amongst others...  |