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First off, I'm defining science fiction as any fiction in which some aspects of future technology or science is so integral to the plot that the story would fall apart without it. Ergo, I'm not counting movies/ television shows such as Star Trek/ Star Wars because of how easy they make FTL travel seem and because of other reasons. I'm mainly talking about literature.
So my question is, if the Golden Age of Science Fiction hadn't happened, would history have been different in any meaningful ways, and, if so, how?
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