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kinzelAs someone who went to Clarion West thirty five years ago I'm participating in this years Clarion West Write-a-Thon ... see my page at: http://www.clarionwest.org/events/writeathon/SteveMiller
alas, my stated goal is to write a new near-future science fiction story and now it turns out that the phrase "near future" creates different expectations for different people. So, I need help figuring out what's near future. I also hear that all near future sf "should be mundane" but ... I dunno.
What's your take:
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alas, my stated goal is to write a new near-future science fiction story and now it turns out that the phrase "near future" creates different expectations for different people. So, I need help figuring out what's near future. I also hear that all near future sf "should be mundane" but ... I dunno.
What's your take:
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2008-06-23 19:17 (UTC)Within the present social/technological framework, i,e. science and society that one could plausibly extrapolate from where we are today.
No FTL or time travel, i.e. no interstellar travel; space colonies with weird societies okay.
No telepathy, but quantum communication via brain implants okay.
Things are pretty much as they are today except for whatever the story(conflict) is about.
****Proper subject matter for near future science fiction is:
Some current situation or problem, exaggerated enough to make an interesting story.
****Mundane SF
I can enjoy mundane SF; depends on how good the story is.