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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 7122227" data-attributes="member: 6779310">The dearth of real sci-fi (at least that which meets the old SFWA guideline of no more than 3 intentional deviations from physics as known at time of writing, which I read about on Jim Baen's blog many years ago) and its replacement with futuristic fantasies goes again to the strength of fantasy as a supergenre - handwavium rules supreme.That the biggest names in &quot;Science Fiction&quot; in film/television are all pretty much futuristic fantasy (Star Wars, Star Trek, and Dr. Who)...Trek at times tries to be more science fiction than others, but often is space fantasy. Kling-orks and all.Good Sci-Fi is hard to write, harder still to shoot for visual media.I don't say this to denigrate the futuristic fantasies, but to point out that their popularity is self-reinforcing in reducing the available real sci-fi.So much so that even Morrus has mistaken them for real sci-fi. Even Jim Baen, not long before his death, was lamenting the paucity of real sci-fi in his slushpile.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 7122227, member: 6779310"] The dearth of real sci-fi (at least that which meets the old SFWA guideline of no more than 3 intentional deviations from physics as known at time of writing, which I read about on Jim Baen's blog many years ago) and its replacement with futuristic fantasies goes again to the strength of fantasy as a supergenre - handwavium rules supreme. That the biggest names in "Science Fiction" in film/television are all pretty much futuristic fantasy (Star Wars, Star Trek, and Dr. Who)... Trek at times tries to be more science fiction than others, but often is space fantasy. Kling-orks and all. Good Sci-Fi is hard to write, harder still to shoot for visual media. I don't say this to denigrate the futuristic fantasies, but to point out that their popularity is self-reinforcing in reducing the available real sci-fi. So much so that even Morrus has mistaken them for real sci-fi. Even Jim Baen, not long before his death, was lamenting the paucity of real sci-fi in his slushpile. [/QUOTE]

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