Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899)en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoIn this case, yes. It’s not a serious question. It’s poking at me. Of course I don’t find the DaVinci Code to be sci-fi. The question makes no sense and comes across as aggressive.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoThe question is because the DaVinci code fits that authors reasoning for why Blake should be Sci-Fi, in that it explores an alternative history. It’s a rhetorical question, but that does not belie the seriousness of it.
In this case, yes. It’s not a serious question. It’s poking at me. Of course I don’t find the DaVinci Code to be sci-fi. The question makes no sense and comes across as aggressive.
The question is because the DaVinci code fits that authors reasoning for why Blake should be Sci-Fi, in that it explores an alternative history.
It’s a rhetorical question, but that does not belie the seriousness of it.