On 09/08/2014 10:32 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
On 08-Sep-14 10:27 PM, SS wrote:
But surely it would have to be sociologists, more than any other people
who would be able to comment with authority and knowledge on all
societies and express some opinion on features of societies that may be
negative or positive. If they don't know who would?
I'm not really sure what you're saying here - but one comment is that
that being a "sociologist" doesn't really bar you from being a SF
writer, for one thing.
I rather think it helps.
Indeed, much good science fiction is just that; sociological treatises
on the human condition, viewed through a literary "if" filter.
These traditional "if" filters for SF being, "What if," "If Only," and
"If this goes on." The latter in particular is an effective tool for
extrapolating present trends to see if they're leading in a direction
the reader wants to go.
Cheers,
Bruce
