First, porn. The internet has hosted and continues to host far more written porn than SF. "The internet is for porn" does still hold true here.
And second, while it's possibly true that we're at a bit of a pause in terms of what new possibilities SF can help prepare us for dealing with... have you noticed the amount of political turmoil going on, and perhaps coincidentally, the rising popularity of strong political elements in both fantasy and science fiction?
Yeah, that. Our world is transitioning, big time, and as a result, one of the things people are finding, well, comforting, are books whose plots involve a lot of political turmoil with political transitions that end in "and they all lived happily ever after" or some variant thereof. I can think of *at least* four different well-known books or series fitting that category. You?
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First, porn. The internet has hosted and continues to host far more written porn than SF. "The internet is for porn" does still hold true here.
And second, while it's possibly true that we're at a bit of a pause in terms of what new possibilities SF can help prepare us for dealing with... have you noticed the amount of political turmoil going on, and perhaps coincidentally, the rising popularity of strong political elements in both fantasy and science fiction?
Yeah, that. Our world is transitioning, big time, and as a result, one of the things people are finding, well, comforting, are books whose plots involve a lot of political turmoil with political transitions that end in "and they all lived happily ever after" or some variant thereof. I can think of *at least* four different well-known books or series fitting that category. You?