Today’s science-fiction authors expect “that the fictions we’re writing now will never come about,” said Ian McDonald, whose novels “River of Gods” and “Brasyl” export familiar tropes of Western science fiction to developing nations like India. “The future will always be different, not just from what we imagine, but what we can imagine.” “By concentrating only on what’s likely,” Mr. McDonald added, “it’s graying out that sense of wonder that scientists get from doing science.
After Arthur C. Clarke, Who Are Science Fiction’s Visionaries? – New York Times
Today’s science-fiction authors expect “that the fictions we’re writing now will never come about,” said Ian McDonald, whose novels “River of Gods” and “Brasyl” export familiar tropes of Western science fiction to developing nations like India. “The future will always be different, not just from what we imagine, but what we can imagine.” “By concentrating only on what’s likely,” Mr. McDonald added, “it’s graying out that sense of wonder that scientists get from doing science.
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