“The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.” ― William Gibson
Modern life, and fiction, is science fiction.
Anyone who writes about the present is a sci-fi writer by proxy.
We already live in the future; but the future is a bit naff.
Even the apocalypse is boring.
Sci-fi is a critique of the present using the future as a lens.
Dystopian sci-fi is, by definition, the depiction of a world you don’t want to live in.
When people complain that it’s politically incorrect it makes them look silly.
Sci-fi is social commentary.
The best sci-fi is a scathing indictment of the present.
“Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel … with a bit of pornography if you’re lucky.” — Alan Moore
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