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Change in Science Fiction Genre Over the Years What we believe, we become The Ravager

Science fiction has shown itself as an outlet for predicting the future. But watch and read enough sci-fi from Life is an ever-evolving process. It has become The morning breeze was new to her,
different eras, and you might notice a generational difference in how we told these stories. The difference is not very crucial to bring about changes in the way Entering through the window.
just in science and technology. people think, the way they deal with the For the whiff of pollen in the air

Science fiction from the golden age of sci-fi in the '50s and '60s seems to have an optimistic angle on the future. problems, the values they imbibe etc. Was something she thought she'd never know.
More recent science fiction seems to be a little more dystopia and bleak…Why? It was the new day, an opportunity, a chance.
In such situations, it becomes tremendously
We feel cynical and pessimistic about the future because the present seems to be full of fear and anxiety, and too important for us to understand how to go with the But her hopes crumbled, as the dawn broke.
few things happening around the world give us any cause for celebration. By reflecting these fears and anxieties flow. For she saw danger looming on the horizon,
and projecting them into the future while amplifying them by degrees, a lot of the science fiction of recent times Like a fire, veiled and hidden by smoke.
The primary element to be focused upon is our
has moved in a direction that seems furthest from happy. And therefore, the need of the hour is more hopeful Then waves and more waves, engulfed the land.
science fiction stories. Perhaps, it is time to take a break from reading bleak visions of the future and give mindset. The huts and chawls were devoured.
dystopian literature a rest. Belief and faith play a vital role in forming our And the world was broken into a million pieces,

This is not say that dystopian literature should not be read. Because if nothing, we need these cautionary tales to opinions. When one is determined there is no Breaking all delusions of power.
learn our lessons of all that could go wrong and work towards avoiding these undesirable futures, as has been stopping them. It is this determination that the The storm raged on, relentless and ceaseless
written about by dozens of authors, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson Books, George Lucas' Star Wars Franchise, world works upon. Indifferent to the screams of the bereaved.
George R. R Martin's Game of Thrones, and many more which have influenced today's generation. However, it's our decision what we chose to But despite the chaos and carnage it's wrought,
While sci-fi exhibits fictionalized scientific technology, one cannot deny the fact that a hundred years ago, believe and what we want to focus on. Life is Is this an insight, man has received?
scientists would have scoffed at the idea of lasers, television etc. If one could go back to the seventeenth century much easier for those who can reach a decision The darkness has forced them to shine a light,
and tell the people that we have flying vehicles and vessels which can take us to outer-space, they'd refuse to easily. Shine on every flaw and shortcoming.
believe as for them, such things would be fictitious. While being hypothetical or unreal in their era, they would be It is true when we say that to make others believe And now they have to ask themselves,
as normal as daylight to us. Thus, one can conclude that science-fiction does influence scientific progress. In its Were they solving, or were they just running?
in something you must believe in it first. For
broad sense, sci-fi is not only the literature about scientific discovery or technological revolution, but often, it
instance, when a child lies about having a The storm broke down her house and cage,
portrays how we change subjectively, as well as collectively, due to some external stimulus.
stomach ache, he might end up having one. Thus, Only the foundation and ground remained
Science fiction, as a whole, has many a times influenced the serious study of the “impossible”. Many futurists we must be incredibly careful in what we believe How did they enter her house unbidden?
scientists, and inventors have been inspired by the imagination and anticipation of the future deep-rooted to to be the truth. They were the winds of change.
science fiction novels. Many extraordinary scientists became interested in science through exposure to science Shreya Rajeev - X C
It is also affected by how we look at various things.
fiction.
For example, students get stressed a lot in context
But, is it impossible to think we might one day be able to teleport ourselves from one place to another, or build a to their 10th and 12th board examinations. In
spaceship that will one day take us light-years away to the stars? Is it impossible to perceive a future where we reality, it's just that they are forced to think that
exchange knowledge with extra-terrestrial organism? Would it be
marks are everything after all marks cannot judge
possible for us to co-exist with equally intelligent artificial beings
one's potential.
someday? Would we ever learn about the conditions which were
present before the universe started to expand? Remember, most of your stress comes from the
way you respond, not the way your life is. Adjust
Normally some of these feats would be considered impossible today.
your attitude, change the way you see things, look
Might they become possible within a few centuries? Or in ten thousand
for the good in all situations, learn from your
years, when our technology is more advanced? Or in a million years? To
mistakes and find new opportunities to grow.
put it another way, if we were to somehow encounter a civilization a
million years more advanced than ours, would their everyday What you think,
technology appear to be “magic” to us? Just because something is you become.
“impossible” today, will it remain impossible centuries or millions of What you feel,
years into the future? Our race needs to be optimistic as we have You attract.
defeated the “impossible” more than once in the past. All of this has What you imagine,
been given a larger and greater depth due to the influence of science You create.
fiction over the years. Keerthana Yelchuru Venkata - XII B
-Buddha
Hana Khan - XI B
Nayana Thanvi - IX A Komal Vijay Shah - XI C

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