- The 50s: We’re going to SPACE, baby! By the end of the century, space travel will be cheap and we’ll have a permanent base on the Moon, and probably on Mars too.
- The 60s: We’re going to have a free love future, but relations between the sexes will remain essentially unchanged. Also, communism will win in the long run.
- The 70s: By the beginning of next century, the Earth will be so polluted and overpopulated that it will practically be unlivable. And then, we’re all gonna die in a big nuclear war.
- The 80s: Yeah, Earth will probably suck, but that’s okay because we’re gonna build some massive, sprawling space empires! Humanity’s future lies among the stars.
- The 90s: Oh good, we didn’t all die. Let’s have some fun with time travel and space empires. Better yet, let’s go to Mars, since that’s obviously humanity’s next big step.
- The 00s: …are we sure we’re not all gonna die? Maybe not in a nuclear holocaust, but climate change will be even worse, and who has time for space empires anyway? So unrealistic.
- The 10s: If you’re white, or straight/cisgender, or Christian, or your politics are to the right of Stalin, GET OUT! We’re queer, we’re here, and the future belongs to us now!
The Evolution of Science Fiction
LOL! Joe, you hit that spot on 🙂 Especially The 10s! Is this post something brought about by the Hugo Award winner books that you’re reading?
Yes. All of them.