Having just transferred into this class, I am attempting to define science fiction without the class discussion from last Wednesday and therefore defining it solely on my previous encounters in novels and movies. At first thought, I would define science fiction as a futuristic genre, focused on technology and science from the future, exemplified through the new movie, Elysium. With more thought, however, science fiction does not have to fit into a futurist category.
Science fiction may be futuristic, but I think a better way of defining it is to say that it explores parallel universes as well as the unknown. After all, if it was not unknown and therefore was a truth it would not be fiction. A few examples of science fiction described in this way would be the movies Avatar, Star Trek, and Aliens. All three of these movies deal with separate universes or creatures that come from a separate universe. What is interesting in all of these films is the interaction between our universe and the universe where these creatures are derived from. Could it be possible that these creatures really exist in a parallel universe and we have just not had the chance to interact with them? I think that is what defines science fiction as a genre. It gives the audience a chance to think about the unknown and the possibility of something occurring right in front of us, not just in the future.
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