EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = These are horrible times to be a science-fiction writer. All the dystopian scenarios you can dream up become real before you've even finished the first draft.-- Anonymous = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
No; these are GREAT times to be a science fiction writer! All the great science fiction classics are about hopeful futures; not dismal dystopias. Hugo Gernsback (a famous publisher of science fiction) wrote that "Many great science stories destined to be of historical interest are still to be written. Posterity will point to them as having blazed a new trail, not only in literature and fiction, but progress as well."
Since we insist on having 8 billion people on Earth, we *need* technology to be able to feed, house, and support so many people. But those who invent these technologies usually fail to anticipate their consequences. Science fiction writers are often the ones to predict, and even inspire technological progress... so we can start thinking about what to DO about it.
So we don't need more doom-and-gloom stories by authors who know nothing of science and technology. We need ones to give us a clear-eyed view of our present situation, and then inspire us to find ways to build a better future.
Lee Hart -- All children are born engineers. Watch them at play. They're not just playing; they're experimenting, building and learning. That's engineering! Then we get them in school and squash it out of them. (Geoffrey Orsak, Southern Methodist University dean of engineering) -- Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
