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Re: Can Science Fiction become dated?
Sci-fi can become dated more than any other genre (although good literature will be still relevant, even if some if its elements become dated).
If you read most 30s to 50s sci-fi it can be riddiculously dated because authors fall into the trap of taking something that they are familiar with (for example a phone, and they give it a fancy name and a tv screen) and make it futuristic while they fail to visualize something that would be really futuristic technology wise (for example a mobile phone). I find that most sci-fi that halds up is the one that is not futuristic but that instead explores scientific/philosophical topics instead of trying to visualize a 'high-tech' society as most of them do. For example H.G. Wells, Dune, or the topics that Asimov explored (although not necessarily his settings) still remain relevant but most literature from 50 years ago is just funny to read today.
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