Science Fiction
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What Dune and Red Rising Teach About Power
Science fiction is often described as a genre about the future, but its greatest stories are rarely just about technology for the future alone. At their core, many science fiction novels explore power; who possesses it, how it is maintained, and what happens when people decide to challenge it. Few modern science fiction series examine…
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Why Science Fiction is Really About Us
Science fiction is often treated like an escape hatch. We think of starships, distant planets, artificial intelligence, alien civilizations, and futures so far removed from our daily lives that they seem to belong somewhere else entirely. Yet the best science fiction has never really been about somewhere else. It has always been about us. That…