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As a counterpoint the golden age of scifi (largely originating from the US) coincided with a golden age of the US. The largest thing in fantasy since Tolkien wa
by coffeebeqn 2y ago
As a counterpoint the golden age of scifi (largely originating from the US) coincided with a golden age of the US. The largest thing in fantasy since Tolkien was probably D&D and that also coincided with a golden age for the US. The popularization of the next escapist medium (home video games) also coincided with an amazing decade for the US
- A_D_E_P_T 2y agoScience fiction is something very different, and I believe you can construct an entire philosophy from the analysis of science fiction as an artform. Whereas fantasy is escapist and constructs alternative worlds, most works of science fiction -- and especially the classical "hard" science fiction of the Golden Age -- present us with a potential human future. Many of these futures, like Clarke's satellites and today's cyberpunk dystopia, quickly came to be realized. Others, like the space elevator, seem like inevitable ideas that will be realized at some point in the future. There's a lot that can be written about this, but it's definitely something different...