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What's science fiction without the machines? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 month ago by infinite_ass@leminal.space to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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I mean, we could speculate and explore the strange future and stuff. Just without that tired trope of "well, science and technology progressed a bunch and then we got this really great machine".

I mean there's gotta be another way. Examples?

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[–] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never heard of that, but I'll look into it. The one I read was a short story in Analog, maybe 15 years ago

[–] Forester@yiffit.net 2 points 1 month ago

What I'm referring to is youth fiction but I remember them fondly