The signs are all there... LOST, Fringe, Charlaine Harris, Stephen King, even Lewis Carroll!! The final kick in the head notification came this weekend when I read Beth Revis’ Across the Universe. It’s total teenaged science fiction at it’s best and I loved every minute of it. Again, I avoided it like the plaque... “Ughhh cryogentically frozen space people no thank you” even though Amazon, Livingsocial, and Goodreads all screamed their recommendations at me and tons of knitting librarians in my RaveLibrarians group sang it’s praises! I simply thought I knew my reading tastes better!! I was mistaken!
From Wikipedia
“Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often in a futuristic setting.[1][2][3]
It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation). Exploring the consequences of such differences is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas".[4] Science fiction is largely based on writing rationally about alternative possibilities.[5]
The settings for science fiction are often contrary to known reality, but the majority of science fiction relies on a considerable degree of suspension of disbelief, which is facilitated in the reader's mind by potential scientific explanations or solutions to various fictional elements.”
Even the definition sounds like something I would read... now I’m left to ponder what other mental blocks I’ve placed on myself...
