Talk:Science fiction

There is certainly a genealogy of anarchist/libertarian socialist/left libertarian sci-fi that isn't reflected in the article currently, thus making the "right liberatarian"/Heinlen emphasis there quite unbalanced, as if "libertarian sci fi" MEANS "right libertarian sci-fi". This can be fleshed out with references to Ursula K. Le Guin, Cory Doctorow, Margaret Killjoy, etc. My change adding the current series dedicated to left libertarian science fiction (i.e. anti-statist) out of anarchist publisher AK Press was reverted -- a source article for that is here https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3328 -- as a possible conflict of interest given my history of also editing the AK Press page (as well as some of the pages linked below and writers mentioned). Since what seems to have flagged attention was that my edit was so narrowly focused, it could be further expanded with reference to the following legacy as well as to the writers above (and many others!):

Further articles about the legitimacy of anarchist sci fiction beyond AK Press as a source:

Radon (magazine) in Freedom (British newspaper): https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/06/09/interview-radon-and-the-new-wave-of-anarchist-sci-fi/,

PM Press: https://blog.pmpress.org/2019/08/15/anarchist-science-fiction-essential-novels/

Anarchist Studies journal: https://anarchiststudiesnetwork.org/science-fiction-fantasy/

Institute for Anarchist Studies: https://anarchiststudies.org/tag/scifi/

Fifth Estate (periodical): https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/403-spring-2019/anarchist-sci-fi/

But it is a broader concept. Should it be deleted and converted into a red link? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:26, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

• Since there is "hard science fiction" and "soft science fiction", then is there "hard science fantasy" and "soft science fantasy"?

Kenixkil (talk) 14:38, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

We have a quote from Peter Nicholls from around 1993 saying SF or sf are the preferred terms for the genre. At Skiffy this topic is discussed, mostly as a joky pejorative. But my impression is that "sci-fi" is more respectable now. Discuss. Pete Tillman (talk) 19:33, 14 March 2026 (UTC)