MOST BELIEVABLE FUTURES FROM SCI-FI.

[mokey]

DYSTROPIAN VS. UTOPIAN. THERE HAS BEEN MORE LEANINGS TOWARDS THE FORMER. IN MID 20TH CENTURY THERE WAS MORE A HOPE OF UTOPIA.

[marvelmite]

saddly i think the most realalistic futures are seen in books like 1984 or farenheit 451. the dark future comes from a lack of understanding, and the loosing of our history. the fear of others and the denial of the past will always lead us down dark roads. (always Joeseph Stalin when i read 1984, he was big brother. but durring the recent bush years GW become the face of leader in my mind)

[The Mythwriter]

I agree with the perceptions of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, especially with how people are responding to the technology of our times. I wonder how many Orwellian thinkers are fleeing the country in the face of the Cybersecurity Act of 2009.

And I'm sorry, I cannot believe any kind of Utopia will ever exist. Humans can barely coexist with others at "ideal" levels of social compatibility to minimize fear and distrust, let alone those of other races and beliefs. And dystopias can exist, but only as a negative extreme the nature must move away from, towards a hypothetical equilibrium. Maybe Utopias could function for, say, a week, by that argument.