Hopeful Science Fiction Versus Hopeless Science Fiction, Part Two

(Originally posted on March 29, 2017) I received a lot of feedback on my Hopeful Science Fiction Versus Hopeless Science Fiction post.  The lion’s share, however, consisted of people pointing out how hopeless things are. Sigh. So to follow up, I thought I’d explore the genesis of this mindset.  Despite the mounting evidence that, despite […]

Hopeful Science Fiction Versus Hopeless Science Fiction

(Originally posted on March 22, 2017) I have noted a disturbing trend in science fiction recently. By ‘recently’ I mean ‘the last few decades’.  Science fiction and science fiction fandom apparently has a civil war going on.  On the one hand, you have the old school hopeful science fiction.  The kind of SF that has […]