Which got me thinking: what style defined a specific decade of sci-fi?
This, of course, is the biggest age of change we have ever had technology-wise.
Now, this turn of the centurys decades could have gone two ways into the predictions of the future.
Who was a communist?
Were your friends and neighbours being taken and replaced by pod-people from another planet?
This was the 1950s, meaning sci-fi turned colour and was full of mod-cons.
The eras big question was what if the space race continued?
Would the future of 2010 have us living on Mars by now?
Would we be in slow, beautiful ships rotating around to the tones of theBlue Danube?
Would we have International Rescue and would we boldly go where no man has gone before?
Unfortunately, were unable to chat up Orion dancing girls, either.
From the 1960s onwards, the design of the future took a more realistic turn.
Thats not to say there were not some quirky and fun designs for the future.
Books:Chariots Of The Gods?
1980s sci-fi wasnt fun, and it wasnt idealised.
The sci-fi aesthetic was one of misery, of dank and dark corners, or lawlessness.
The technology that was creeping into our homes and becoming commonplace was not going to help.
Computers and virtual worlds have become commonplace, proving William Gibson right.
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TV:Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe X-FilesWild PalmsFringeLost
