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What's science fiction without the machines? (leminal.space)

submitted 5 days ago by infinite_ass@leminal.space to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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I mean, we could speculate and explore the strange future and stuff. Just without that tired trope of "well, science and technology progressed a bunch and then we got this really great machine".

I mean there's gotta be another way. Examples?

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[–] Forester@yiffit.net 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable for magic

[–] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I read a cool short story a few years ago that really embraced that quote. It started out as a fantasy story with wizards doing magic. It then turns out that magic is actually old nano machines or something, but society has forgotten all about the science behind them.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That sounds fun. If you ever remember the name, let me know!

[–] Forester@yiffit.net 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Magik by Angie Sage. Though truth be told that's a 5th book revelation

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Thank you.

[–] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Never heard of that, but I'll look into it. The one I read was a short story in Analog, maybe 15 years ago

[–] Forester@yiffit.net 2 points 4 days ago

What I'm referring to is youth fiction but I remember them fondly