TDW: I want to get the ball rolling with a discussion on what I think is one of the strongest pillars of great science fiction: metaphor. Allegories and analogies, futuristic parables, scientific symbolism, figurative fiction and emblematic anecdotes. At the heart of it I think SF is best when it stands in for something else. […]
Science Fiction as Metaphor
/2 Comments/in Blog /by ThomasTDW: I want to get the ball rolling with a discussion on what I think is one of the strongest pillars of great science fiction: metaphor. Allegories and analogies, futuristic parables, scientific symbolism, figurative fiction and emblematic anecdotes. At the heart of it I think SF is best when it stands in for something else. […]