" And every single thing in those books didn't exist and was impossible at the time. All of it. Authors I know who write SF tell me the biggest hurdle they face is thinking up something cool enough or far fetched enough it won't be outdated by the time the book is published. Technology and society move so much faster now and keep moving faster. Each new innovation opens the door to another."
I agree with you on this.
I think one of the problems SF currently faces is the ability of writers to dream up new worlds. SF at one time dreamed up landing on the moon and spaceflight when man still thought it was impossible to survive space. SF dreamed of the super computer when computers were still gargantuan behemoths filling up rooms in order to do a simple math function.
I think one of the difficulties concerning the science in science fiction, is that the more abstract an idea the writer creates the more that idea will resemble magic.
Speaking of magic, I think fantasy deals more with myths about mans past. We live in an age where people are so consumed by technology that we have forgotten who we are. I think fantasy is a way to slow down, reconnect with a time when magic was real and things were unknown, but the power of human inventiveness was able to shape the world. In a way man has become his machines and fancy gadgets. Sometimes people just want to remember what they used to be
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Date: 2008-05-21 01:59 am (UTC)"
And every single thing in those books didn't exist and was impossible at the time. All of it. Authors I know who write SF tell me the biggest hurdle they face is thinking up something cool enough or far fetched enough it won't be outdated by the time the book is published. Technology and society move so much faster now and keep moving faster. Each new innovation opens the door to another."
I agree with you on this.
I think one of the problems SF currently faces is the ability of writers to dream up new worlds. SF at one time dreamed up landing on the moon and spaceflight when man still thought it was impossible to survive space. SF dreamed of the super computer when computers were still gargantuan behemoths filling up rooms in order to do a simple math function.
I think one of the difficulties concerning the science in science fiction, is that the more abstract an idea the writer creates the more that idea will resemble magic.
Speaking of magic, I think fantasy deals more with myths about mans past. We live in an age where people are so consumed by technology that we have forgotten who we are. I think fantasy is a way to slow down, reconnect with a time when magic was real and things were unknown, but the power of human inventiveness was able to shape the world. In a way man has become his machines and fancy gadgets. Sometimes people just want to remember what they used to be