Adam Roberts defines Science Fiction as "an encounter with difference". Does science fiction promote "difference" or is the underlying ideology one that promotes sameness and a fear of the "other"? Choose at least two texts and explore the issue.
One of the major elements of science fiction is the way that it usually involves an encounter with something very different to what is commonly understood. Within this encounter there is a choice of whether it should promote the difference and recognise its value or whether it should promote a fear of this difference. This essay try to answer this question by looking at the theory and seeing how this can be applied to the analysis of a number of science fiction texts. The texts used are
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