tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post360210980983160489..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: Five Things Every Science Fiction Story Should HaveAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-25737562988999040352011-10-15T23:42:39.149-04:002011-10-15T23:42:39.149-04:00Loopdiloo,
Can you please give me examples of ...Loopdiloo,<br /> Can you please give me examples of sci/fi novels that don't use technology?<br /><br /> I don't think a good science fiction novel nessicerily needs to be in the future, you always see some "state of the art" or before our time elements of technology.<br /><br />Thanks, interesting blog. Writing a paper on the elements of good science fiction paper.ItzMaWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12926121051603411531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-12345211727628124962009-01-03T17:48:00.000-05:002009-01-03T17:48:00.000-05:00Mulluane: If the advanced civilization shows up i...Mulluane: If the advanced civilization shows up in a past human time, on Earth, then it's alternate history with a scifi element, but not science fiction. It should stay within alternate history. If it's advanced civilization showing up tomorrow, then it's science fiction, because it's set in tomorrow. Even if our tomorrow is still just like today. Nothing wrong with that. But it's speculating upon what could happen tomorrow, and that's what science fiction does.<BR/><BR/>And the technology thing was NEVER a definite thing. I put in that bullet that you either have to have technology or a good reason for the lack thereof. Hence why dystopias are scifi, generally speaking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-45303918858264518052009-01-03T17:44:00.000-05:002009-01-03T17:44:00.000-05:00Mulluane - Check mine and SMD's twitter, he's adam...Mulluane - Check mine and SMD's twitter, he's adamant that if it doesn't take place in the future it isn't sci-fi. I cry bull, personally and can site plenty of novels that are sci-fi and neither technologically advanced nor set in the future.LoopdiLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071128534047439266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-90498493322168643392009-01-03T17:37:00.000-05:002009-01-03T17:37:00.000-05:00And....what about other planets who may have advan...And....what about other planets who may have advanced well before ours and show up in our now or our past for whatever reason, in their space ships....Mulluanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525878564470398696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-23577728114854755912009-01-03T17:32:00.000-05:002009-01-03T17:32:00.000-05:00Or even alternate realities, Science Fiction can r...Or even alternate realities, Science Fiction can revolve around a "same time period as now" alternate reality that developed faster or differently then ours.Mulluanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525878564470398696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-8206385662950620152009-01-03T15:38:00.000-05:002009-01-03T15:38:00.000-05:00Of course, that series also negates your 'Future' ...Of course, that series also negates your 'Future' requirement. Which seems totally bunk to me - for instance, alternate histories can still be science fiction even if they're not set in *our* future!LoopdiLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071128534047439266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-18072389930568451092009-01-03T15:36:00.000-05:002009-01-03T15:36:00.000-05:00I have to disagree about your 'Technology' require...I have to disagree about your 'Technology' requirement, well.. not so much that I disagree that Sci-Fi requires technology (though I still think that's debatable) but that you can't have a story set in 1776 be sci-fi unless there's time travel. Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle is a perfect example of a book that is totally Sci-Fi, but just happens to have *older* technology. After all, even the wheel was technology to someone at some time.LoopdiLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071128534047439266noreply@blogger.com