Science fiction is something very different, and I believe you can construct an entire philosophy from the analysis of science fiction as an artform. Whereas f

Science 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...