True science fiction, Chiang said, is the literature of change. The world in which parents raise their children is vastly different than the one in which they themselves were brought up.Įnter science fiction. ![]() Ted Chiang, a decorated science fiction author of works including Exhalation and Stories of Your Life, said this is a consequence of the almost-daily changes caused by the industrial revolution. Yet today, the metal lines the shelves of Walmart and Wegmans. In 1884, the Washington Monument was capped with aluminum because of its value and durability. ![]() DAVE MUNCH/PHOTO EDITORĪluminum was once worth more than gold. NICK DANLAG – STAFF WRITER Hugo Award- and Nebula Award-winning science fiction author Ted Chiang delivers his lecture “Science Fiction and the Idea of the Future” Monday, Jon the Amphitheater stage.
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