There are at least two principal ways to write speculative fiction—write about people, or write about gadgets.
1987, Angela Carter, “Bruce Chatwin: The Songlines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 588:
And the speculation shows signs of turning into very sophisticated science fiction – science fiction in the purest sense; speculative fiction about science.
2021 November 16, Omar El Akkad, “Neal Stephenson’s Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
Stephenson is one of speculative fiction’s most meticulous architects, and here he’s got sheets and sheets of blueprint.
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