Post #4

Though I've never been a huge fan of Science Fiction I really enjoyed Oryx and Crake and didn't mind the All you Zombies. Obviously the advantage of writing Science fiction is the ability to be creative. You can make anything, create your ideal world or something that fascinates you. It also gives the author the ability to not be limited by what is real. Authors have the freedom to create a time machines, creatures, or company that don't exist. And there is no need to be limited by what is possible. The beauty of scifi is the that nothing is impossible.

I think that the main reason that scifi is so exciting to people is being able to escape everyday life or even the world. Imagining decreases as you get older, its something that children are able to do all the time. Being able to use your imagination while reading is exciting and stimulating. Another advantage is being able to allow the reader to envision what you create in their own way. Why you can do that in other genres like thinking about what the house looks like or a character, being able to do it with something that doesn't exist (like a rakunk) allows for the reader to become engaged in the reading, making the story how they want it to be. It allows the writer to feel like a kid again. It allows them to be a creater of the world.