Is Science Fiction About The Future Anymore?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday September 11, 2004 @02:45AM from the still-about-the-benjamins-though dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A recent Globe and Mail article looked at the state of science fiction and concluded that the future is bleak. Fantasy and science fantasy are popular but near-future predictions are not. But author Robert J. Sawyer says, 'Science fiction has never been about the future, it's always been about the present day...' 'People are looking for a simplicity in their fictional worlds where good and evil are clearly delineated, that you can't find in the real world, and that provides an enormous comfort -- and that, I think, has an awful lot to do with the reason fantasy is so popular.'"

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Re:Getting Old by tylernt · 2004-09-11 03:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Troll? I'm not bashing Moore. I'm saying "documentaries" should be unbiased. Moores films are biased. If you think they're not, please do some research on the subject before judging me a Troll. Here are some links for you, Google hs more: http://slate.msn.com/id/2102723/ http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html

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