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MIND MELD: Is Science Fiction Antithetical to Religion?

2008-03-26 00:51:51 by John in SF Signal
 
...science fiction were atheists, and SF itself, it could be argued, grew out of Darwinism and other notions of deep time. Is science fiction antithetical to religion Mike Resnick Mike Resnick is the author of 50 novels, 200 short stories, a pair of screenplays, and the editor of 50 anthologies, as well as the executive editor of Jim Baen's...
 
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MIND MELD: Today's SF Authors Define Science Fiction (Part 2)

2008-01-16 00:15:08 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...science fiction Everyone knows the "Old Guard" definitions of science fiction . As part of the "New Guard," how would you define science fiction David Louis Edelman David Louis Edelman 's first novel, Infoquake , was called "the love child of Donald Trump and Vernor Vinge" by Barnes & Noble Explorations and "THE science fiction book of the...
 
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MIND MELD: Today's SF Authors Define Science Fiction (Part 1)

2008-01-09 00:23:23 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...science fiction Everyone knows the "Old Guard" definitions of science fiction . As part of the "New Guard," how would you define science fiction Note: Thanks to my poorly worded question, the answers received varied a bit. I meant to ask for personal definitions of science fiction but instead tripped up relating it back to an already-existing...
 
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MIND MELD: Which Medium is Driving Science Fiction...Books or Film/TV?

2008-05-28 00:58:20 by John in SF Signal
 
Science fiction presents itself to us through different mediums, most notably through the written and visual. Have you ever wondered who owns it? Lou Anders has, and he submitted the following question Q: Although science fiction was born on paper, sci-fi presented through visual media (film and television) has significantly higher audiences....
 
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MIND MELD: If You Could Change Any Aspect of The Science Fiction Field, What Would it Be?

2008-08-20 00:29:29 by John in SF Signal
 
...science fiction field itself Q: Science fiction, some say, is all about fostering change. But if you could change any aspect of the science fiction field itself - publishing, mainstream acceptance, fans, or whatever - what would it be and why The answers will shock and amaze! And tickle Kathleen Ann Goonan Kathleen Ann Goonan is a science...
 
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MIND MELD: Which Predictions Did Golden Age Science Fiction Get Right & Wrong?

2008-01-30 00:36:38 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...science fiction fans know better, the general populace likes to think of sf as being written with the express purpose of predicting the future. So we posed the following question to a bunch of people in the since fiction community Science fiction is often accused of being The Great Predictor. Which predictions did Golden Age science fiction...
 
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MIND MELD: Science Fiction as a 'Geek' Genre

2008-02-20 00:28:19 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...science fiction seems to be very popular, especially in movies ( The Matrix , Star Wars ) and TV ( Heroes , LOST ), but you may have noticed that science fiction still doesn't seem to get the respect from the teeming masses that it's popularity would seem to indicate it deserves. This time we asked science fiction bloggers and authors the...
 
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The Science of Science Fiction

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2007-12-28 04:26:12 by Sam in Slice of SciFi
...Science Fiction involves buying into the premise of a scientific reality that often pushes, even shatters, the boundaries of what we know. As fans we accept this. As fans, we realize the vehicle need not be 100% feasible to transport us to good entertainment, with believable characters, and viable plots. I can buy into some things I know are...
 
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The Science of Science Fiction

2007-12-28 00:22:09 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...Science of Science Fiction : Science Fiction involves buying into the premise of a scientific "reality" that often pushes, even shatters, the boundaries of what we know. As fans we accept this. As fans, we realize the vehicle need not be 100% feasible to transport us to good entertainment, with believable characters, and viable plots. I can...
 
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