“I thought the hovercraft would ... reliable prophets will be science fiction readers – or writers. As he proclaimed back in 1962: “The one fact about the Future of which we can be certain ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like.

But the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather, it contemplates possible futures. Writers may find the future appealing precisely because it can’t be known, a black box ...

While this technology has not yet been fully realized, it remains a tantalizing possibility for future space exploration. The Intersection of Science and Fiction Weinzweig's use of simulated ...