There has been no end of discussion on what people don’t like about modern geek culture and specifically science fiction but less on what is going wrong. Many think it’s ideology, but in this discussion, I look at something much more fundamental – the basic ability to tell a story. Far from agreeing with the […]
There has been no end of discussion on what people don’t like about modern geek culture and specifically science fiction but less on what is going wrong. Many think it’s ideology, but in this discussion, I look at something much more fundamental – the basic ability to tell a story.
Far from agreeing with the need to get rid of social justice, as I observed when reviewing Atlas Shrugged, we have been here before, probably will be again. The strength of any idea is it’s ability to work effectively in the real world and the force with which recent social justice movements have operated to me demonstrates the weakness in their ideas. Not that I am against social justice, science fiction has long explored social topics of all stripes but always with skill. That has been sorely missing.
It’s not social justice but quality that is the downfall of current science fiction and fortunately, that’s a problem that can be fixed.