The Importance Of Science Fiction

An important question that has been asked about the genre of science fiction is that of sciences role within it. Specifically what effect does it have? Does science fiction have to accurately portray science in order to be able to be considered science fiction in the first place. Or does it even really matter? Countless arguments and debates have been sparked by the topic, insearch of not only what constitutes science fiction, but good science fiction, a good story. Does science fiction need to abuse science in order to tell a good story? Does it make a difference? Well, in order to tell a good story science fiction does not need to take liberties with science and abuse it. However the best science fiction is that which uses science

I am not saying that it does or does not. Just that you can have a good story regardless of how accurately science is portrayed. After all, Science Fiction is “a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society of individuals” (Sterling). The “point” of science fiction is not to have a story that scientifically accurate. It is to have a story that explores the effects that futuristic or imaginative science has on people. Again that does not mean that accuracy of science’s portrayal, with in a work, has no effect on the quality of said work. It just means you can have a good sci-fi story regardless of how accurate its portrayal of science

If there are inaccuracies pertaining to a subject that I have a lot of interest in, then the misuse of science is going to be less apparent and have less effect on the quality of a piece of Science Fiction. The liberties taken, in regards to warp drive, are not going to have that much of an effect on me. That is because I want the ability to travel to other stars and worlds, in a timely fashion, to be possible so badly that I am going to, mostly, ignore the liberties that were