Heinlein and Isaac Asimov to Gene Roddenberry and George Lucas (and on and on), one discovers this basic narrative recurring over and over again in science fictional narratives about the human “destiny” to inherit the stars. and, finally, the people of the future undertake The Challenge to God: sometimes this literally culminates in overthrowing some sort of malevolent God Thing, while at other times it involves innovating some way to survive the heat death of the universe (or evolving into energy beings of pure light, et cetera).įrom Robert A.a second Empire is established that is imagined to be perfected and permanent.the collapse is followed by a Dark Age (of whatever length).this peak period is followed by decadence and collapse.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |