Challenging assumptions in science fiction: 1. putting my foot in it
I’m probably going to get myself in trouble, writing this series. Actually, I first began thinking subversive thoughts about the canon assumptions of sf decades ago. But I wrote the basis-document for this series of posts last summer, while reading Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (the pen name of co-authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). It’s the first novel in The Expanse series, which is the basis for the SyFy series of the same name. First of all, let me say I enjoyed the book, and I do recommend it, although if I…