Cdowwe Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Just curious as to how everyone would define it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon_mikal Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Anything that will never happen. Like traveling the speed of light, owning a lightsaber and using magic to frost my beer. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 untrue stories about science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooka Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Any fiction that focuses on the effects of science and technology. (how it effects a person, society, mankind, the universe, etc) Not really sure why fantasy always gets lumped together with science fiction, pretty much the opposite there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Once upon a time PC's wre science fiction. Same with microwaves, and ocean-based rocket ports. Science fiction is a genre of human dreams. It's not about what if, it's about what we ought to do, should do, and/or going to do as a collective species. :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I don't think you can forget cell phones. If the flip cell phone wasn't based on Captain Kirk's communicators, I'd be shocked. Science Fiction, to me, is an exploration of scientific possibility or consequence through story. The science can be hard or soft, that is, physics or sociology. It can be a science that we are very close to achieving: human cloning or something that right now seems theoretically impossible. Like creating honest politicians through cloning. The simplest definition, I think of science fiction is that it's a game of "what if?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamingwolf Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Thundarr the Barbarian Sci-fi or Fantasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Anything that will never happen.Like traveling the speed of light, owning a lightsaber and using magic to frost my beer. *sigh* what he said. time machines, teleportation, deep space travel (how is a human going to live for 25,000 years?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Anything that will never happen.Like traveling the speed of light, owning a lightsaber and using magic to frost my beer. *sigh* Due respect, but that's a strikingly narrow view. As recently as the first half of the 20th century, walking on the moon was science fiction. As recently as the 1970's, the internet was science fiction. Sci Fi is about exploring the possibilities, not setting the limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frommd Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Just curious as to how everyone would define it. Any nutritional guideline you hear about. Examples: "Carbs are bad" "Don't eat fat" "Don't eat eggs" "Milk is bad" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Fiction that is heavily influenced by technological advancements beyond reach at the time the story was written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 what he said. time machines, teleportation, deep space travel (how is a human going to live for 25,000 years?) Physicist presents solution to gravitational field equation http://www.physorg.com/news10789.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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