Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The value of stories about the future

"Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blind critics and philosophers of today, but the core of science fiction, it's essence has become crucial to our salvation, if we are to be saved at all." -- Isaac Asimov

We'll briefly explore science fiction at a few points during this study alongside the speculative futures that we're currently finding. I'm including this quote because it shows a recurrent theme in what would be considered mainstream science fiction; the advancement and ultimate "salvation" of man.

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