April 4th Class - Diverse Position Science Fiction

A very important idea learned today, science-fiction does not just deal with the sciences like rocket science, engineering, men in lab coats. It deals with all the kinds of sciences, like anthropology, human society and other kinds of sciences that I don't even know exist. I had thought it must deal with some kind of technological piece of equipment, explaining how warp drives or future machines and robots would work, but that is not the case. (I had questioned the short story "Bloodchild" as being sci-fi or fantasy because it didn't really seem to have that tech aspect) At it's core, science fiction seems to deal with and question "What if?" Really, "Bloodchild" did have science, a different kind if science, dealing more with society and a "what if" these insectoid aliens had this strange symbiotic relationship with humans.  Diverse position sci-fi really seems to go far with the what ifs and takes on multiple... positions. The story is told from the alien side and the human side (or whatever parties are involved) to give a more holistic view of things. It really blurs the lines of good and bad, things just are. We also talked about what makes fiction good, how it's a cultural thing that slow paced things will likely have a lower chance of being successful in our society and possibly how nostaglia and what a reader experiences first as being good (or at least their first good experience with a thing changes their expectations). The globe was turned upside down... or was it right side up? What way does the earth face and spin anymore, does it even matter? I dunno, I'm hungry, so I'm gonna go eat some breafkast.