Science fiction in human society
"It is often said that science fiction is the literature of change. When a culture is undergoing a lot of changes due to scientificadvances and technological developments, and expects to undergo more" (Treitel 1). A large part of science fiction appeal lies in its ability to convince the audience of the believability of the world it portrays (Fuller 1). "Science fiction looks backward as much as forward and its usefulness lays not so much in predicting the actual future as in exploring our reaction to possible futures" (Marvel 2). Fantasy and other realities are sometimes included in science fiction. In American literature many writers expressed their ideas of future advances in technology, events or future events, society and future societies in imaginative stories, poems, periodicals, films, and television shows. Television shows and movies today have depicted imaginative technological advances "that makes people hope for based on present-day science but haven't developed yet" (Treitel 2). For example, in the show "Knight Rider", Michael Knight works for a government operated business that owns a car named Kit, which has a mind of its own. Kit could drive by itself, thi
L'Engle, Madeleine. "A Wrinkle in Time." Union Square West, New York: Farrar-Straus-Giroux. 1962. has helped create the 20th century. I believe that science fiction will continue to dazzle us with more imaginative worlds, societies, and on their voyage. Then there are poems that create fantasies like "Plucking Out a Rhythm." This poem depicts something or someone which three children from earth seek out to find their father who has tessered, or wrinkled, to a different world, a world where everything
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