It’s the unknown unknowns that get you, so you can’t really predict the future, because the future is like death — we haven’t really been there and come back.
Margaret Atwood talks to Science Friday about science, science fiction, and speculative storytelling.
Couple with Neil Gaiman on speculative storytelling and the importance of cautionary questions about the future, then revisit Atwood’s 10 rules of writing.
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