Tag: Matrix
5 times???
by morgan on Jul.07, 2009, under Robert J. Sawyer
I feel like my geek cred is slipping because I’ve only seen Star Trek twice. C’mon there’s got to be somebody out there who can top Rob. How many times have you seen the new Trek?
Near-future SF is the cutting edge! Forecasting 21,000 AD is more fantasy than realistic SF exploration. Sure, you can set a space opera then, but it lacks the punch that comes with grounding the speculative in the famliar (ala the Matrix or Blade Runner). I’m enchanted by the wild divergence in technical and cultural possibilities in the next 50 years. The range of variance in 10,000 years is staggering.
The science doesn’t matter. Sorry, Rob. Story trumps science. All that research has been in vain. Think of all those hours wasted in the library. OK, somebody tell me why I’m wrong, please! I want to believe in science.
