All That Remains of Tomorrow

Глава 1From its very inception as a conscious literary movement, science fiction has carried within itself an internal schism, a dialectical tension that has become the source of its incredible vitality and capacity for transformation. This tension between two poles, conventionally labeled "hard" and "soft" science fiction, represents far more than a mere dispute over priorities or a matter of genre classification. It is a fundamental debate about the nature of cognition, about how the human mind interacts with a reality transformed by technology, and, ultimately, about the very essence of narrative itself. To discuss this dichotomy by only delving into superficial signs — the presence or absence of formulas, the degree of adherence to physical laws — is to miss the point entirely. This is about a deep-seated divergence in philosophical and aesthetic attitudes, about…