Bring Back That Wonder Feeling- A Blast From The Past From March 2012

Bring Back That Wonder Feeling- A Blast From The Past From March 2012

Over the last few years I’ve taken part in more than a dozen panels in science fiction conventions where the question came up “Why is there no sense of wonder in science fiction?”  Or “Where have all the young people gone?  Why aren’t they reading science fiction?”

The excuses are always the same.  The foremost and most favorite is “The age of wonder in SF is between 12 and 14.”  The second is “They’re living in a sc...