tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496190376299002882.post5874312795910912681..comments2022-05-31T11:55:01.815+02:00Comments on Anakina blog: When science fiction has an expiration dateRita Carla Francesca Monticellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15964352924463232998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496190376299002882.post-35644348792734340322013-04-04T22:33:09.778+02:002013-04-04T22:33:09.778+02:00Thanks, Martina!
Anyway I have to admit that I fe...Thanks, Martina! <br />Anyway I have to admit that I feel more comfortable in writing about a world imagined by me and with rules set by me. It's easier to me to follow my own rules than others' which I may not know or understand very well. I mean, I just need my fantasy and some science background. ;)Rita Carla Francesca Monticellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15964352924463232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496190376299002882.post-44845373370949374582013-03-30T17:46:36.775+01:002013-03-30T17:46:36.775+01:00I think it's extremely difficult to write good...I think it's extremely difficult to write good sci-fi books. Because you have to imagine a world that doesn't exist, and at the same time it has be credible. <br /><br />The credibility of the story is not in itself based on the description of phenomenal machines/gadgets, but probably on how the events unfold, how the characters interact with each other and how they react in those circumstances. <br /><br />Still, because the setting is often 'imagined' and doesn't yet exist, the writer has a hell of a job trying to make the reader feel involved. And I have great respect for those writers who manage to do just this :-)<br /><br />Martinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04311545482970114668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496190376299002882.post-56257155965416816552013-03-30T14:45:25.236+01:002013-03-30T14:45:25.236+01:00Yes, you are right, but sometimes when you read an...Yes, you are right, but sometimes when you read an old sci-fi book with anachronistic stuff it sounds so weird that it can affect the suspension of disbelief. Sometimes it makes me laugh, even if the story was not supposed to be funny! :DRita Carla Francesca Monticellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15964352924463232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496190376299002882.post-10047135362616228242013-03-30T07:58:02.153+01:002013-03-30T07:58:02.153+01:00"Perhaps the crispest definition is that scie..."Perhaps the crispest definition is that science fiction is a literature of 'what if?' What if we could travel in time? What if we were living on other planets? What if we made contact with alien races? And so on. The starting point is that the writer supposes things are different from how we know them to be."<br /><br />That's a definition of science fiction by Christopher Evans, which I like very much. I think that as long as a science fiction story is focused on an interesting 'what if', the technological inventions that describes become less important. And that may bring to a story that lasts longer in time. <br /><br />What about firemen that burn books ? Wow. That is more interesting than any technological stuff they equipped with. And it lasts.Bluebabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534657503923054172noreply@blogger.com