5 posts tagged “science fiction”
During the past few days I've seen quite a few stories that involve time travelling. From an episode of Babylon 5 to the Spanish movie Open your Eyes to the novel The Forever War, I spent this weekend trying to analyse rather convoluted timelines, and finding myself enjoying them.
Interestingly enough, I know that some people close to me have certain difficulties following those plots whereas for me those kind of paradoxes are kind of normal. That's what happens when you grow up with a steady diet of science fiction.
William Gibson, the same author of the classic Neuromancer, wrote this book around the time of the unfortunate events of September, 2001. Even though it is classified as science fiction, funnily enough I would think of it more as contemporary fiction since its plot contains events that could be happening currently.
There's not that many novels that would star marketers, so that makes it interesting already ;-)
I'm a big fan of science fiction. My sci-fi collection (currently under recovery) includes over 50 books and a fair share of movies. I've always preferred reading that instead of Spanish language literature, even though it's in my native language. When I was thinking about it, I think I understood why: whereas the classics of Spanish language (especially Mexican) literature tends to dwell on the themes of identity and "how did we get to where we are", sci-fi asks what can we become.
I for one find that much more interesting.
As in many cases, the book is much better than the movie, as it also touches upon themes of body augmentation, technology as a symbol and the role of women in society while the film version only touches upon a modified basic plot with a heavier dose of Hollywood patriotic clichés. A must read for sci-fi aficionados.
