![]() ![]() With me it’s usually tell your story, say what you want to say and let the readers-if you’ve managed to attract a few-argue the good or ill. I’m mostly a fire-and-forget kind of writer. Unlike most fellow authors and novelists of my acquaintance, I don’t dwell on my work once it hits online outlets or bookstore.assuming there are still some of those anachronisms in existence. One Writer’s Thoughts on Doing it Over: The Author’s Preferred Edition ( Huffpost) But the fact remains that most recent mainstream science fiction, like Orphan Black or Westworld, has stuck close to the present, and close to familiar technological and societal parameters. ![]() Near-future tales are compelling and even necessary, since they let creators suggest the consequences of our current choices in an era when they seem particularly urgent. And when creators tell new stories - think Her, Ex Machina or Black Mirror - they’re generally set in the proximate future. Reboots and prequels dominate the day, from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and Alien: Covenant to a reported live-action Jetsons series ( no, really). It’s not just Trek, either: over the past 20 years, mainstream science fiction creators have largely handicapped their work by situating their stories within known timelines. Why is science fiction so afraid of the future? ( The Verge) ![]()
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