In the introduction to her groundbreaking sci-fi novel The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin rebukes the claim that science fiction is about the future. “Science fiction is not predictive,” she explains, “it is descriptive.” In her view, science fiction is not about the future—everything that happens in it has already happened in some way, shape, or form. Instead, “the future, in fiction, is a metaphor.”
Author: Mallen Clifton
Mallen Clifton is a junior at UC Berkeley studying English and Mathematics. She loves baking, cats, and sci-fi, and harbors a fascination for all things internet.
