{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Amber Bird | Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog","author_name":"amber","author_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Why I Sci-Fi - Amber Bird | Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5nwZljGDBS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/03\/why-i-sci-fi\/\">Why I Sci-Fi<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/03\/why-i-sci-fi\/embed\/#?secret=5nwZljGDBS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why I Sci-Fi&#8221; &#8212; Amber Bird | Blog\" data-secret=\"5nwZljGDBS\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01039-trim.jpg","thumbnail_width":500,"thumbnail_height":333,"description":"In assorted ways, not all of which are insulting, I get asked on a regular basis about why I write sci-fi. This is attempt #6 to write this blog in a way I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hate. Because this is tied tightly to my tastes in media, and, like any other taste (why do you like your favourite food or preferred musical genre or fave Ghostbuster?), there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s some aspect of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153it just hits my brain\/heart\/taste buds right.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d But \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I write sci-fi cos I love it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really seem like enough answer. So, list! Because I find refuge in bullet points. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to give you five. Five is a nice number. I write sci-fi because: I love it. Heh. I was raised on it, so the inside of my head is basically a multi-verse of all the realities and worlds I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve experienced via books, films, and TV. And I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t change that. It can be a non-threatening way to let people consider issues (political, social, environmental, etc) and experience points of view that differ from their own. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s super important. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not constrained by reality, not if you can find a way to justify or kind of explain a thing. So, even [&hellip;]"}