Mr. Tea
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COM is a dystopian future where most of the world has been destroyed, Britain is the only functioning society...
Sounds more like a straight-up fantasy, put in those terms.
COM is a dystopian future where most of the world has been destroyed, Britain is the only functioning society...
someone should mention the difference between hard sci-fi and soft sci-fi
Id be interested in a cogent argument against the idea that sci-fi is, at its core essentially about 'anything that could happen in the future'.
I think it sci-fi is about a scientific/technological angle as has been said.
But it's also that this angle is the dominant feature of the story.
Orwell's 1984 was set in the future when it was published and also includes various technological innovations (like surveillance). But it's not sci-fi because the dominant feature is politics.
Is "A Clockwork Orange" sci-fi though?
It was called speculative fiction at one point after all.
I am with you on this.
'differs in some way from current or past human experience'
SF is about 'anything that could happen in the future that differs in some way from current or past human experience'.
SF is about 'anything that could happen in the future that differs in some way from current or past human experience'.
What about The Leftovers, then?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leftovers_(TV_series)
It is actually set in 2011 but that's largely immaterial. It definitely differs in some way from current or past human experience though.
Not sci-fi though as there are no aliens or spaceships, sorry.
I know you grew at a time when young master Wells was making waves with his fantastical stories of space travel & alien invasions, but things have moved on since then.
As stated above, lot's of Sci Fi actually isn't set in the future. Another example would be Jurassic Park.