G9: Science Fiction: Sci-Fi Basics

Sci-fi and fantasy: both are "speculative fiction"

most science fiction, by its very nature, tries to ground its narrative in some scientific plausibility

Discusses difference between European and American attitudes towards SF.

“It shapes the understanding of the public on things which are likely to change our lives and society more than anything else in the coming decades.”

Sci-fi makes the implausible possible,
Fantasy makes the physically impossible real

SF TImeline

massive infographic includes prediction, title of work and quotation