Science fiction doesn’t just introduce us to speculative technologies – the genre explores how they might affect society too.
Tag: science fiction
The Importance of Being a Truman in a Post-Truth World
In the film which released 23 years ago, Jim Carrey's Truman chooses hard fact over comfortable fiction.
The Original Moon Hoax and the Birth of the ‘Scientific Novel’
How a series of spoof newspaper reports from America became the cradle of science fiction.
Fan of Sci-Fi? Psychologists Have You in Their Sights
Psychologists have stigmatised science fiction fans as losers who retreat into fantasy worlds. Is that true?