Because your near-future stuff has a chance of getting into print before it diverges forever from our time-line. Case in point: “Willpower” is already up at Futurismic. So, if you like my stuff, stop by and have a read and let me know what you think. Or even if you don’t like my stuff.
Edit: and it looks like io9 has now picked up on the story here.
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New bumper sticker: Science fiction doesn’t become obsolete, it just turns into alternate history.
December 2nd, 2008 / 3 Comments »
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 pm
[...] won’t try to become relevant, someone or something else will become relevant instead of it. To quote Jason Stoddard: “Science fiction doesn’t become obsolete, it just turns into alternate history.” [...]
December 11th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Loved the story…I actually recommended it on my blog a couple of days ago!
February 27th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Howdy. I just stumbled across your story on Futurismic and wanted to tell you I really enjoyed it. Kudos!