Post by account_disabled on Dec 14, 2023 5:13:12 GMT -5
Here we enter into a debate that will clash with the academic definitions of science fiction, but for me it still lacks logic that in a story set in the year 4000 man still travels on wheeled vehicles and smokes cigarettes. Or that in a story set in 2032 man can go on holiday to Mars. Yet I have often encountered these inconsistencies. The writer is obviously not a scientist or a fortune teller, so it is certainly not easy to imagine a future in 4000 or 2032. However, the writer can review the history and progress of scientific discoveries and technological innovations and make his own personal prediction.
Means of transport, housing, structure of cities, means of communication, Phone Number Data pastimes: the writer will have to imagine what level they have reached, creating a complete picture of his world. Consistency in science and technology Going back to what has just been mentioned, science and technology will have to have a level of development consistent with man's lifestyle and vices and games, for example, will have to keep up with the times. Instead of smoking, in 4000 the man will only have to operate a chip implanted in his head and enjoy his drug. Terry Brooks' flying ships are not very consistent with the medieval setting, in fact they are not at all. The Wildfire featured in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire , however, is a fine example of coherence and innovation.
If man has managed to colonize planets in other galaxies, is it possible that he still travels by car? It does not make sense. We can introduce another behavioral rule: each technology introduced must be perfectly balanced with the others and with man's lifestyle. My experience in fantasy and science fiction settings I have introduced advanced but mechanical technology into my fantasy novel, which I have yet to define in detail. I keep calling it fantasy, but in reality it isn't, let's say it falls into the fantastic, yes. In my case, however, there is a precise historical context, in which that technology is indeed advanced, but is based on technologies existing in that period. It is their application that is different and that will arouse surprise in some characters. And I hope for some readers, too.
Means of transport, housing, structure of cities, means of communication, Phone Number Data pastimes: the writer will have to imagine what level they have reached, creating a complete picture of his world. Consistency in science and technology Going back to what has just been mentioned, science and technology will have to have a level of development consistent with man's lifestyle and vices and games, for example, will have to keep up with the times. Instead of smoking, in 4000 the man will only have to operate a chip implanted in his head and enjoy his drug. Terry Brooks' flying ships are not very consistent with the medieval setting, in fact they are not at all. The Wildfire featured in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire , however, is a fine example of coherence and innovation.
If man has managed to colonize planets in other galaxies, is it possible that he still travels by car? It does not make sense. We can introduce another behavioral rule: each technology introduced must be perfectly balanced with the others and with man's lifestyle. My experience in fantasy and science fiction settings I have introduced advanced but mechanical technology into my fantasy novel, which I have yet to define in detail. I keep calling it fantasy, but in reality it isn't, let's say it falls into the fantastic, yes. In my case, however, there is a precise historical context, in which that technology is indeed advanced, but is based on technologies existing in that period. It is their application that is different and that will arouse surprise in some characters. And I hope for some readers, too.