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For the future struggle: what is science fiction?

The science fiction that is most important is that which situates itself at a point of struggle.

By Linda Stupart and Tom Dillon
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This article is the first in Transformation's new series on Utopia and Science Fiction.

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Science Fiction (sf) is important. It allows us to imagine a present that is different from ours, where the future calls to us in the here and now.

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