Come, Have a Seat! Between Science and Fiction: The Thought Experiments of Science Fiction
“What if?” This short question is fundamental to the science fiction genre. Like no other, it invites you to fantasize and experiment, to design distant worlds and to travel to the future and the past. Since the beginning of modern science fiction in the middle of the 19th century, the genre has moved between scientific plausibility and wild imagination. Katharina Scheerer researches science fiction literature from 1900 to today; about not-yet-green Martians, killer carrots and crystal airships, and looks forward to your questions!
