In this episode Stefan takes a look at the ways that science fiction is failing us – not in quality but in ideas. Taste is subjective and we don’t aim to pass judgement on the quality of the stories but the big three franchises – Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars are short on […]
In this episode Stefan takes a look at the ways that science fiction is failing us – not in quality but in ideas. Taste is subjective and we don’t aim to pass judgement on the quality of the stories but the big three franchises – Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars are short on big ideas. This is spilling over to books and TV where magic has more and more replaced science as the basis for science fiction.
Science Fiction has missed important moments to be exploring big changes happening in our world in preference to Identity politics. That is not to say that Identity politics isn’t important but there are such a huge range of forums in the real world addressing these issues, SF is not any real value beyond joining the crowd.
With so many changes coming up so fast, now is the time for SF to imagine what our world will be like, so that ordinary people can decide if that is the world they want.
The alternative is to just force that world upon people and well so far that hasn’t worked out really well.