http://futurismic.com/2008/10/28/near-future-sf-is-not-impossible-says-gareth-l-powell/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://futurismic.com/2008/10/28/near-future-sf-is-not-impossible-says-gareth-l-powell/comment-page-1/#comment-16728 J.F. Peterson Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:58:47 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=4521#comment-16728 Stross's assertion lends itself to the opposite conclusion: the interaction between humans and our technology in the world today provides ample fodder for the creation of near-term science fiction. That's as true today as it was 140 years ago, when Jules Verne published much of his work, or at any point before or since. The uncertainty of the future, and the expansion of our technological capabilities, fuels our human longing to know the unknowable. Because of this, the ability to extrapolate the future and life within it will ever be a rich source of literature. Stross’s assertion lends itself to the opposite conclusion: the interaction between humans and our technology in the world today provides ample fodder for the creation of near-term science fiction. That’s as true today as it was 140 years ago, when Jules Verne published much of his work, or at any point before or since. The uncertainty of the future, and the expansion of our technological capabilities, fuels our human longing to know the unknowable. Because of this, the ability to extrapolate the future and life within it will ever be a rich source of literature.

]]> http://futurismic.com/2008/10/28/near-future-sf-is-not-impossible-says-gareth-l-powell/comment-page-1/#comment-16727 Will Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:50:51 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=4521#comment-16727 We were just tinkering with Stross' assertion over at VanderMeer's site, too: <a href="http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/10/24/the-writer-found-out/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/10/24/the-writer-found-out/</a> We were just tinkering with Stross’ assertion over at VanderMeer’s site, too: http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/10/24/the-writer-found-out/

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