{"id":754,"date":"2016-08-03T09:56:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T16:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/?p=754"},"modified":"2016-09-28T19:32:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:32:48","slug":"why-i-sci-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/03\/why-i-sci-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Sci-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In assorted ways, not <em>all<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p>I write sci-fi because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I love it. Heh.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>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 if those people who say there are only a certain number of actual plots are right, you have in sci-fi an infinite number of places, people, and props to use for those stories.<\/li>\n<li>The real world has often been a place where I was treated unkindly, belittled, told to give up on my dreams. Why wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t I want to take breaks from that to, among other things, ride Shai Hulud, wield a light sabre, or fight Lectroids after putting on a rock show? (After I publish this, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to be upset at all the fictional worlds I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mention here&#8230;I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m noting that in order to have this place to tell myself \u00e2\u20ac\u0153PUT DOWN THE KEYS; this is fine.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) I might be a poor kid who can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t afford to go to the cinema or on a holiday, but I have always been able to leave this planet or time behind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01039-trim.jpg\" alt=\"Amber and a friend in cheap silver costumes, making silly duck faces and throwing peace signs in front of a picture of space. A filter makes their colouring look alien.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01039-trim.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01039-trim-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Remember that I am a serious space explorer. Is this how Earth girls selfie? (Sorry, Cat.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So-called literary stories usually leave me depressed. Horror, unless it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sci-fi horror, often leaves me unimpressed or laughing at things I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not supposed to. Fantasy often leaves me pining for the past (where all the elves and dragons lived&#8230;though there are also some incredible fantasy stories that make it my second favourite genre, many of which happen other places or in the present). But sci-fi&#8230;Yeah, it might make me pine, but it also lets me escape, lets me be amazed, and, most importantly, gives me hope.<\/p>\n<p>I write sci-fi because it got me through and still does. (Frank Herbert and the mantra against fear would deserve my first born if he were still alive and if I had kids.) Sci-fi made me a more thinking, compassionate, open person. If I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to consume resources on this planet, the least I can do is try to pass that on to someone else.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-743 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ecover2MB-200x300.png\" alt=\"Peace Fire cover: a silhouette with a red flare in the middle, in front of and a large, round, metallic shape\" width=\"88\" height=\"126\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Peace Fire<\/em> is out 11 October!<br \/>\nPre-order your Kindle edition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01IKACZOK\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sale price until 10 October<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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