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Science Fiction as a genre

Reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep recently made me ponder the genre a little.
The best science fiction, despite its often futuristic setting and colourful cast of humans, machines, aliens and creatures, is not really concerned with the future, but with the problems or perceived problems of the present. Machines replacing humans is [...]

When I am old…

…and speaking of crazy old ladies…
Today on the bus I saw a member of the Red Hat Society. She was…unmissable, in a bright purple suit, a eye-achingly red hat with purple flowers, and an equally bright red-hat brooch pinned to the suit declaring her allegiance. A glorious sight on a Saturday morning.
The Red [...]