Why+write+sci-fi+stories?+Notes.

Sci-fi short story notes

Why do people write these stories?
 * something is wrong now – something scary
 * story becomes a notification
 * sometimes it’s a warning
 * if we don’t fix something this is how bad it could get
 * might be making fun of society
 * satire if it’s trying to improve society
 * fantasy stories show a different world
 * how different?
 * what does the author want to show?
 * what is the author showing unintentionally?
 * Subliminal Man
 * future with secret advertising
 * do we accept it? Yes.


 * Anachronisms – things out of their time
 * in the Subliminal Man
 * wife is at home cooking
 * all the wives shop on TV
 * cigarettes
 * this is the world from when the author was writing