Why Science Fiction Rules the World (but not enough!!!)

[jerome]

Voici un article en anglais dont le titre est : Why Science Fiction Rules the World (but not enough!!!)

Voici le début :
"In many important ways, science fiction rules the world, but is regularly dismissed by the public at large.

I’m going to use an expansive definition of science fiction, as opposed to my usually more rigid definition that demands some adherence to science, and open this up to speculative fiction in general and nearly all novel, creative thinking that gets called “science fiction” by mainstream people. I know some English professors who call Harry Potter science fiction, for instance.

All this stuff, all this “sf,” is considered weird to normal mainstream people, the mundanes. Until it becomes popular or important, then the ignorant and arrogant bastards seize it as their own.

This is most obvious when it comes to movies. Here’s one list from the 1980s that is totally dominated by sf movies, including Blade Runner, Aliens, The Terminator, The Empire Strikes Back, E.T., Back to the Future, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Princess Bride, etc., etc. These films are spectacularly great and exploit the special effects of movies in a way that real life rarely demands. A movie like Forrest Gump benefits from special effects, too, but sf thrives on it.

And people love it. It makes sf accessible."