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Your definition of science fiction is probably wrong Science fiction tends to attract belligerent autodidacts who like to argue, so you won’t agree with this But nonetheless Your definition of science fiction is probably wrong Because the most widespread definition of science fiction goes something like this “Science fiction is the extrapolation of existing scientificContinue reading “Belligerent Autodidacts”

So you make a video essay about Blade Runner and slavery And that Rick Deckard is a slave hunter And the replicants are literally escaped slaves And about once a week someone leaves this comment <INCOHERENT BABBLING> Ahktually its nothing to do with slaves U FOOL and we ended slavery and africans took slaves andContinue reading “Incoherent Babbling”

One of the reasons I think the search for a 21st century mythos is worthwhile is because without one we are reverting to fascism Philip K Dick understood that fascism is primarily a story. And what defeats fascism is a better story. So instead of an alt-history, PKD wrote a science fiction book of alt-narrativeContinue reading “A better story”

We’re further from a 21st century mythos than ever I set myself the quixotic task of finding a new mythos for the 21st century back in the early days of Covid. At first that search was the thesis of my course Writing the 21st Century Myth, then the Science Fiction podcast, then the channel. AndContinue reading “Lost & Found”