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Regarding Sci-fi: Do you prefer it to lean more into the Sci element or the Fi element? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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i.e do you prefer:

  • technically grounded and plausible science elements (e.g The Martian)

or

  • stuff so fantastical that it doesn't even warrant trying to explain it (Dr Who, some Marvel/DC stuff, Star Wars)

Another way to look at this would be Sci-Fi versus Science Fantasy, perhaps.

  • Old-School Sci-Fi like HG Wells centers around a core scientific idea and the consequences arising from that,

whereas

  • Science Fantasy (more prevalent nowadays) only looks to science - or the impression of some science - to serve the fantasy devices it uses.

So which is better?

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago

I like hard-science, which is well researched and any future tech tracks a plausible path from current tech.

Always appreciate fiction with world-building that weaves strong cultural undertones, and believable nuances about the motivations, failings, and history of the fiction.

eg. Snowcrash, Permutation City, Blade Runner, Altered Carbon S1

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