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People have been saying this a long time, and I’ve participated in this movement, and I think we need to add something: science fiction can be gritty, realistic
by mbgerring 19d ago
People have been saying this a long time, and I’ve participated in this movement, and I think we need to add something: science fiction can be gritty, realistic, and full of conflict, and also optimistic. I’ve encountered a lot of “climate fiction” that just comes off as schmaltzy, and I don’t think that does the job.
- mbgerring 19d agoThis paper was extremely influential for me, and it’s worth reading for a perspective shift that’s not often considered in these discussions: what happens when you consider “the apocalypse” as an event in the very distant past? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325453561_Indigenous_science_fiction_for_the_Anthropocene_Ancestral_dystopias_and_fantasies_of_climate_change_crises https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325453561_Indigenou...
- bawolff 19d agoYou get a fantasy novel? Living in the ruins of a great civilization that lived in the distant past and faced some sort of calamity (or decline of some sort) is one of the most common setups for a fantasy novel.