tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post2918343379353276691..comments2023-10-24T08:42:01.834+01:00Comments on Jobbing Writer: How do you like your science fiction?MorningAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post-22940109335115832482011-04-14T19:31:06.217+01:002011-04-14T19:31:06.217+01:00I'm writing a Sci-Fic. A friend of mine who wr...I'm writing a Sci-Fic. A friend of mine who writes family sagas has just read my opening chapters. She said she found my story enjoyable because it read like it was real life. So after reading your posting lifted my spirits. Thank youPaula RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550276147711384895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post-57316624823745383322011-04-14T17:23:17.034+01:002011-04-14T17:23:17.034+01:00I like my science fiction to be people-based: the...I like my science fiction to be people-based: the first one I ever remember reading was John Wyndham's 'The Chrysalids' - green cover, yellow six-toed footprint - and Robert Heinlein's 'Farnham's Freehold' really impressed me more than anything else I remember reading of that ilk. So genetic would be a possible line to follow. But then I am not in the least 'scientific'.Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post-57196596742299651852011-04-14T17:20:18.626+01:002011-04-14T17:20:18.626+01:00I'm back because I just had to reply about tha...I'm back because I just had to reply about that comment you left on my blog - why second hand bookstores always appear large inside than they do outside! That was AWESOME!!!! I might have to Facebook that, even tweet it, if I can get it to fit. I am definitely going to read me some Terry Pratchett here soon.Margo Berendsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476308235642890474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post-78290930739164858102011-04-14T16:38:39.714+01:002011-04-14T16:38:39.714+01:00You are talking about my favourite kind of fiction...You are talking about my favourite kind of fiction. I have been a fan ever since Dan Dare burst onto the scene in the Eagle in 1950 and the BBC broadcast Journey Into Space. Ever since the term Science Fiction was invented way back in the 1920s, (It was a scientific romance before it became a genre) people have debated what SF really is and how to define it. Essentially it is whatever sells best. Most book shops have a SF shelf but it is blurred with fantasy and many bookshop staff do not know the difference. I personally like what is usually called ‘Hard SF’, where science is important and often reasonably accurate, but any kind of speculative fiction cannot be constrained by what we actually know to be possible now. With present day technology, no one could get to another star in less than a thousand years, so whilst that is technically possible with today’s technology, it would not be very useful if the action only took place every couple of thousand years or so. We have to accept that some new science is just around the corner and make use of something not yet invented or discovered, or even a bit fanciful, as the means of moving the plot on.snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588812293454033077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post-59911924421399925012011-04-14T16:37:02.954+01:002011-04-14T16:37:02.954+01:00I do tend to trend toward the more fantastical, an...I do tend to trend toward the more fantastical, and I prefer positive books over doomsayers. But you know?? If it's really well written, I'll love it regardless if its soft, hard, fantasy or dystopia.<br /><br />Interesting to see the trends SF has gone through.Margo Berendsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476308235642890474noreply@blogger.com