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Science Fiction's Influence on Society
Accordingly, the borderline between
fantasy and science fiction is blurred, and many
bookstores shelve science fiction and fantasy
together. The science fiction genre has a strong
fan community of readers and viewers, of which
many authors are a part. In reading science fiction
books, abstract concepts such as mutations, radiation,
space travel and planets are experienced.
Although science fiction is often
written primarily to entertain, many authors use
the genre to provide insight into science, society,
or the human condition. But science fiction is
visionary by design and prophetic only by accident.
And yet the strange thing is, in
some way, some real way, much of what appears
under the title "science fiction" is true. Science
fiction hhas ad a role in shaping public attitudes
towards the atomic bomb during the fifties and
sixties. Modern consciousness therefore is radically
different from that of the peoples who inhabited
the planet before the emergence of science fiction.
America proved especially hospitable to science
fiction, even before it acquired a name
About the Author
Francesca Black is a fan of science fiction. She
is a freelance writer and writes articles for
Science Fiction Corner http://www.science-fiction-corner.com
and UFO Gifts http://www.ufo-gifts.com
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