Are we now post sci-fi? - The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells, SF Books

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H.G. Wells

guardian.co.uk - 10/13/2009

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With sci-fi filling up every corner of cinema and TV and mainstream literature borrowing its ideas freely, where next for the literary tradition that started the cultural phenomenon? Sci-fi has made many predictions about the future, but did any of them forecast that in the early years of the ...

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The Guardian on post-science fiction and implying the end of human speculation. I don't think so. http://bit.ly/2iEig7 27 days ago

RT @FranOntanaya Guardian: Are we now post-sci fi? http://bit.ly/ZiTiO 10/16/2009

So the aging of SF fandom is because we're all 'SciFi' now? http://bit.ly/ZiTiO 10/16/2009

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Does the 'SciFi' Label Still Apply?
SF Signal — There's an interesting article up at The Guardian book blog today that asks: Are we now post sci-fi? Sci-fi has made many predictions about the future, but did any of them forecast that in the early years of the 21st century everyone would be watching...sci-fi? Our TV screens are filled with Dr Who, Lost and now FlashForward. Each summer brings more blockbusters in the Lord of the Rings and Star Trek vein, and a flood of superhero franchises. In comics and video games, sci-fi is the norm. It's not just part of mainstream culture, it is arguably the ...

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io9 — ... . And they are being ignored altogether by a growing number of writers with the ambition to create great fiction, and the vision to draw equally on genre and literary tradition to achieve that goal. The post-sci-fi era is an exciting one to be reading in." — Damien G. Walter, in the Guardian ...