GLOSSARYSUBGENRE
Near-Future Science Fiction
IN PLAIN ENGLISH
In plain English
Science fiction set only a few years or decades from now, in a world that's recognizably ours with one or two things pushed further.
WORKS
See it in the wild.
ON THE SHOW
On the show.
- Ep 1 — Why Does SciFi Matter? (04:35–05:23, 08:28, 19:22): Rob says a lot of his favorite sci-fi is near-future, "us but slightly twisted." Caitlin calls Parable of the Sower "right now sci-fi," and Rob points to Michael Crichton's books as near-future stories people don't recognize as sci-fi.
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