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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lurker Emeritus: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] So...[i]another[/i] century will have passed with very little real changes to humanity. /QB][/QUOTE]The eternal problem is getting the audience to relate. If they don't relate, they cease to care. Someone once wrote that the science fiction author introduces interplay of character at his peril. I have always viewed this comment as stemming very much from the Asimov school of literature. Asimov used characters only as a means to an end, that end being the resolution of a plot built on a fascinating technical problem or mystery. As a result, calling Asimov's characters "characters" is stretching a point. I've seen more charismatic tree bark. Returning to my point: I completey disagree with that anonymous statement (I think it was in an editorial on a collection of shorts, possibly for Analogue). Good science fiction addresses the future of technology, science, understanding of the universe and so on, but does it through the prism of human experience and perception. Like everything else, naturally. We're all humans so how else can we perceive? I'm all for portraying advanced, future humans who will no doubt benefit from advanced prosthetics, deeply integrated neural interfaces with advanced AI, germline gene therapies which will eliminate many multifactorial diseases and bring with them a host of beneficial physiological side effects... but only the depth and breadth of a well written novel can take you inside the head of such an individual. That's why Trek folk are so, well, incredibly unimpressive when taken in the context of the magical technology they surround themselves with. The only explanation appears to be that they're all squeamish prudes, but that doesn't track and never did. But hang on... when one starts criticising Trek for being inconsistent it's time to stop rambling. That would be like criticising white paint for being white. Or something. Yes folks, I'm feeling verbose again. It's that time of the month. :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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