Tag Archives: Stanislaw Lem

Masters of science and science fiction pick the genre’s greatest forgotten classics [Writing]

Posted on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 by author-unknown

New Scientist asked ten scientists and fiction writers, including William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson and Margaret Atwood, to name their favorite “lost scifi classics.” And to celebrate, New Scientist’s having a fiction contest, judged by Neil Gaiman…. Continue reading →

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Seeing the truth of the world via science fiction [Philosophy]

Posted on Monday, August 9, 2010 by author-unknown

Science fiction takes us out of our own time and place, and confronts us with alien objects as well as incomprehensible future artifacts. By doing this, argues Daniel Rourke, SF brings us closer to seeing things as they really are.
Mid-way through H.G…. Continue reading →

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