Evolution (of the mind) not physical shoot-out- type revolution, is what's really important.
AGREED! But the sci-fi audience likes big special effects - it sells. Of course thinking man's sci-fi has also been around for a long time {ie. Brave New World, 1984, etc., etc.} I decided to try my hand in the Creative Writing section of this forum and started a post based upon the Borg from Star Trek evolving form everyone's favorite enemy that assimilates all life to an evolving AI type intelligence that will become Man's benefactor. Check it out here:
https://coolscifi.com/threads/we-are-the-borg-prepare-to-be-assimilated.48251/
Let me know what you think of the concept - I'd like to see a Star Trek movie and series spin-off based on this concept.
New back to your book {and/or movie} audience - the people that will buy your book - Who are you aiming for? I have come to believe that the central aim of most sci fi is the teenage/adolescent audience - BUT if it is
really good sci-fi it maintains credibility and interest to all ages - The Star Trek franchise is a prime example of this. I've started again to watch Star Trek The Next Generation with Patrick Stewart as an old captain and Wesley Crusher as the teenage ensign learning to be a Starfleeet Officer - See the universal appeal age wise?
- The old and the young in an intelligent series with many creative concepts and ideas - hence a large audience with broad appeal to the sci-fi audience.
I'll check your book out when the free download becomes available - Meantime let me know what you think of my posts on the evolving Borg.
-AlienView
Science Fiction is science FACTion for me. I discovered I have abilities that most people don't have (or don't use). I also discovered that the US GOVERNMENT has been ahead of science-fiction for quite some time. "Full Disclosure" is coming out on TV channels such as The Science Channel already.That statement is exactly what I was talking about when I created
https://coolscifi.com/threads/blurring-the-genres-nanotechnology.48323/
Science fiction writers not only need to be versed in story-telling and character development they must stay current on actual science trending. While some have a unique ability that could create a best seller from proven science most readers want to read about current scientific trends that become commonplace and the ramifications of that, on people and societies. There is no mysticism over the control of fire, yet in the 1800 describing a flashlight would be considered fantasy.
Common known technology can now create anything a writer can imagine and theoretical science trends actually back that up. Most readers of science fiction know of Prototype Printing, Holograms, Cell Replication and Nanotechnology. All those technologies exist to some degree in real science. The writer that can take the infant technology of today and expound on its implications can justify the existence of anything.
A dragon is possible. A werewolf with a laser is possible. Self-healing houses are possible. Techno-mages and wizards are possible. In 200 years, based on current trending and scientific theory, it may actually be possible to create actual manifestations of anything we can dream of. Not in the realm of Forbidden Planet but as a dedicated scientific construct. When that happens even Reality will be in the realm of Fantasy.
The question shouldn't be Is Science Fiction Dying?.
The question should be What Now Constitutes Science Fiction?
Is the merging of Science Fiction and Fantasy really a bad thing? The genres have been linked as long as I can remember. I also don't believe there will be much distinction between Science Fiction & Fantasy and Horror. The master genre is already known as Speculative Fiction. Perhaps the only thing that needs to happen is to throw away the implied title of Science fiction in favor of a broader term like Speculative Fiction.
Hmmm. I guess I'm just not seeing it. Just based on my own casual observation it seems like sci fi is growing by leaps and bounds. Every other TV show and movie seems to be sci fi. World War Z, Oblivion, Gravity, Chronicle, Man of Steel, Battleship, the two most recent Star Trek movies, Star Wars movies are due out, Enders Game, etc. just to name a few movies. On TV there are plenty of zombie based shows, Dr Who is more popular than ever, The Tomorrow People, Almost Human, and on and on.