Search


	Podcast:		Plot Points
	Episode:		41: Sci-Fi and the Death of the Future
	Category:		Games & Hobbies
	Duration:		00:15:27
	Publish Date:		2015-04-17 09:49:29
	Description:		Flying solo this week, Ben talks about how science fiction is facing serious challenges as a genre, based largely on the fact that the future is becoming harder and harder to envision. The Hugo Awards controversy, The Rapture of the Nerds, and Shadowrun all get call outs in this episode! Relevant Links Slate.com on the Hugo Awardshttp://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/04/08/_2015_hugo_awards_how_the_sad_and_rabid_puppies_took_over_the_sci_fi_nominations.html The LA Review of Books' on Sci-Fi's Decline http://lareviewofbooks.org/review/the-widening-gyre-2012-best-of-the-year-anthologies
	Total Play:		0