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Old 02-13-2018, 02:24 AM   #52
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Default Re: Is TS optimistic or pessimistic?

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Originally Posted by Dr. Beckenstein View Post
Well, in the end science fiction is usually a comment on the present, not a prediction of the future.
Usually, sure. But the best is pretty much by definition not the usual. And the best SF is usually an exploration of what the present isn't, of the alternatives, of what society would be like if people had things which they currently can't have and the like.
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