Have you
ever thought how the great ideas are conceived?
It is undoubtedly that imagination plays a very important role when
talking about both science-fiction and technology, but who influences who?
At first we
may think it is obvious that technology influences the literary trend, but in
order for technology to keep on developing new ideas should arise! This is
where Sci-fi takes action. Many writers throughout time have written novels
based on non-existent technology, an excellent example of this is Jules Verne;
he wrote “De la Terre à la Lune” (From the earth to the moon) in 1865, and
almost a hundred years later in 1961 the first man, Yuri Gagarin, was sent
outer space and in 1969 the man finally reached the moon. Here we can see how
the fiction influences reality. Technology influences science-fiction as well,
we have the example of computers and the movie “The Matrix” of 1999. We can see
here how the invention of a real object helped to develop an unreal story or a
science-fiction story.
As a
conclusion we can say that even when there is no direct connection between
them, science-fiction and technology do influence each other. Can YOU think in
other examples? Or tell me your opinion on the subject!
