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Science fiction

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Something I’ve been thinking about for  while but was just reminded by Pixiefox: why do so many of we autists like science fiction?

It just seems to come up again and again and, perhaps unusually, it’s not just us blokes (sci fi is usually stereotyped as a male interest).

I’ve been an avid sci fi fan almost since I could read. I started with classics like Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein and moved on to make a pretty good stab at reading the entire sci fi section of my local library and book store, all while avidly watching Doctor Who, Star Trek and Blake’s 7.

So why do autists connect so strongly with it?

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  • Good question! Maybe it’s because we (maybe not all, but many of us) have rich imagination and we perceive world more intensely? Maybe it’s also because we find “normal” topics not interesting? I remember I worked in a bookstore. Most of my female colleagues gave me strange look when I told them I like science fiction. 

  • in reply to Alien0n3arth

    I've often associated sci-fi with men and male hippies, which shows my age too. I'm not a huge sci-fi fan, I loved Iain M Banks's Culture Novels, I don't know why because they contain all the things I usually dislike about sci-fi. I like Heinleins Stranger in a Strange Land, although I did really struggle with it at first. I think a lot of sci-fi explores what it means to be human, but in a context thats different. I watched Star Trek and Dr Who, but I went off Dr Who when David Tennant left and some of the later Star Trek stuff just hasn't done it for me.

    I like some fantasy, David Eddings Belgariad and The Mallorean, but not his other stuff, I liked The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. I liked Alan Garner's childrens books, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and the Moon of Gomrath.

    As you can see I use the word liked a lot, mostly I don't read fantasy or sci-fi anymore, I started to find it either a bit samey or incomprehensible.

    I don't like Disney, I think it should be banned...........For Crimes Against Winnie the Pooh!

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  • in reply to Alien0n3arth

    I've often associated sci-fi with men and male hippies, which shows my age too. I'm not a huge sci-fi fan, I loved Iain M Banks's Culture Novels, I don't know why because they contain all the things I usually dislike about sci-fi. I like Heinleins Stranger in a Strange Land, although I did really struggle with it at first. I think a lot of sci-fi explores what it means to be human, but in a context thats different. I watched Star Trek and Dr Who, but I went off Dr Who when David Tennant left and some of the later Star Trek stuff just hasn't done it for me.

    I like some fantasy, David Eddings Belgariad and The Mallorean, but not his other stuff, I liked The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. I liked Alan Garner's childrens books, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and the Moon of Gomrath.

    As you can see I use the word liked a lot, mostly I don't read fantasy or sci-fi anymore, I started to find it either a bit samey or incomprehensible.

    I don't like Disney, I think it should be banned...........For Crimes Against Winnie the Pooh!

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