Kenya: Does Fiction Inform Science? That is the Nagging Question

East African Standard (Nairobi)

Science fiction is one of the literary genres that have received scanty criticism, especially from Africa.

Many reasons abound for the near negligence of science fiction by African literary scholars. Perhaps, because it is a genre that still sounds foreign to us since most of its authors come from the west.

Search for Tomorrow: Science Fiction Literature and Today's Student openly laments on the critics' failure in appreciating this genre.

This genre draws from three literary forms that permeate literature: the myth, fantasy, and utopias.

When Science Invaded Fiction makes some startling remarks on the origin of the genre

as a direct consequence of industrial revolution.

as industrial development progressed the world's frontiers shrank and once exotic locations became less novel.

it was the desire for adventure and fantasy, and the need for new venues that provided the impetus