A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.

Frederik Pohl
A good science fiction story should be able to predict...
A good science fiction story should be able to predict...
A good science fiction story should be able to predict...
A good science fiction story should be able to predict...
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Science fiction is the literature of the future. Writers must create a vision of the future while also creating a vision of the present. This means that while writing, they must consider all of the important issues of the world today. A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.

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