Nouw said:
Science Fiction is science made fictional.
Hence all the explosions!
That is why as a writer when I write science fiction I can't stand it when people point out, "Oh, that can't happen, the science isn't believable, such science doesn't exist and can't exist today or in the future."
The problem is:
A.) I'm writing
fiction.
B.) In my fictional universe, such things are science and possible.
That is also why I was irked when some science fiction writer(I don't remember who) a few months back stated that Doctor Who wasn't science fiction, because its science wasn't based in real science. I don't care what kingly state this writer had in the field, fiction means make believe and not fact.
So as I see it, science fiction is: Science that isn't fact. Though, in fiction you can have factual things.
Its also one of the reasons I had a large disagreement with one of my creative writing professors(not that I actually confronted him about it). One thing that bothered me the most about what he was trying to teach was that he would criticize the fiction writers by saying, "Well this isn't good because it isn't believable."
That is the problem with me I guess, when I read or watch fiction I suspend the part of my brain that decides whether something is believable or not. Who knows, that might be why I like such a wide range of television shows and stories.
Though I did find out that my professor didn't actually like fantasy or science fiction in the first place. Though I did get him to like my writing on a fantasy book I am working on. He especially liked the language I was creating for it. He said it sounded like Gaelic. Though I have never studied or read Gaelic in my life, hmm, I guess it is the half Irish part of me getting out.
Okay, enough rambling for now.