Vinayak Navanale
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Brian Terence:
May I ask one Q ? What it may be called - it is science fiction but happening in real world-our world. And it has soul of psychology as well as sociology. Kind of Orwell talks with Jungian narrative with Feynman style ? I know, it sounds complex but Feynman style may make it digestible. Your thoughts on genre mixing/bending style ?
Brian Terence
Hi Vinayak, thank you for your question.
Yes, you can have a story set in the 'Now' and have it science fiction. There are many.
If you consider a film such as the Matrix, it's set in the real world, only it isn't. Yet when you see a street with everyone walking while watching their phones, aren't we living in a kind of Matrix of our own making?
There are many sci-fi stories that explore philosophical themes and society, it takes a concept, an idea and takes it to the extreme, for good or bad.
I hope that is what you were thinking.
Yes, you can have a story set in the 'Now' and have it science fiction. There are many.
If you consider a film such as the Matrix, it's set in the real world, only it isn't. Yet when you see a street with everyone walking while watching their phones, aren't we living in a kind of Matrix of our own making?
There are many sci-fi stories that explore philosophical themes and society, it takes a concept, an idea and takes it to the extreme, for good or bad.
I hope that is what you were thinking.
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