fiction which explores the effects of technology on society
Marvin Minsky, Ted Nelson, Richard M. Stallman, and Eric S. Raymond read and were influenced by science fiction as children.
authors include
- Douglas Adams
- William Gibson
- Robert Heinlein
- Rudy Rucker
- Neal Stephenson
- Bruce Sterling
- Philip K. Dick
- Jules Verne
Science-fiction writing today presents situations that enable us to perceive the potential of new technologies. Formerly, the problem was to invent new forms of labor-saving. Today, the reverse is the problem. Now we have to adjust, not to invent. We have to find the environments in which it will be possible to live with our new inventions. Big Business has learned to tap the s-f writer.