The Editor,
Archives of Alternate Histories
I have had an interest in the literature of ‘science fiction’ for some time. Science fiction was a form of fiction set most often in the near future, which in theory was based on currently known scientific knowledge or at least not inconsistent with it. I lament its decline and almost complete disappearance in the 1980’s, being overtaken by fantasy. There were several attempts to introduce a science fiction-based or futuristic TV series in the 1960’s. The BBC once considered a time-travel-based historical show for children, and Gene Roddenberry himself once pushed for a TV series set in the future. Even Sir Stanley Kubrick once contemplated a futuristic movie. I wonder if your readers can suggest what the world would be like now if one or even all of these attempts had been successful. Would science fiction have prospered? Would these successful shows have inspired new books and movies and perhaps even a new generation of scientists? Would this journal reach a wider audience?
Sincerely
ClassicOz.