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Neeum Zawan wrote:
> What about something like Asimov's Foundation?
Parts of it would be hard to tell without it being in the far future, yes.
Altho you could probably tell a very similar story in the midieval times, if
you have a psychic or something. Hard to tell it without the psychic, tho.
Note that I count Conneticut Yankee as SF, tho, and even Singing in the Rain
if I remember the story right.
> I've watched very few of the Star Trek series, but have seen all the
> movies. Can't remember all the plots, though, but technology certainly
> plays a major role in some of them.
Some, sure.
> What about stories where they talk about different races (aliens)
> whose behavior is quite different from ours (due to genetic makeup or
> whatever), and a big part of the story is exploring how their culture
> evolved differently from ours? It's hard for me not to consider them as
> SF. Or about aliens who live in planets where, due to the type of
> geography, results in quite a different culture, and the story is
> exploring that difference (e.g. Asimov's Nightfall, or Heinlein's
> Universe).
Sure. Don't read *too* narrowly into it. :-)0
> Some stories use technology as a tool for the plot in the above.
> Such as genetic manipulations of humans to achieve those effects. Or
> artificially generated biospheres. But that's really as good as looking
> at an alien species in another planet. The technology isn't really
> necessary. Yet, most people would consider them as SF stories.
Yeah. The point is that SF is an exploration of the affect of something
other than personalities upon personalities and society. If it's just the
affect of a crazy guy with a blaster instead of a crazy guy with a pistol,
it's uninteresting.
Indeed, I'd even put some of the Discworld stories involving Sam Vines as SF
stories, like the one with the Gunn, whatever that was called.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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