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more about #senseofwonder Slatz_Grobnik: I'm going to say the analogy is backwards, that childhood is Sci-Fi like. The essence of the SF story is the "What If...," right? So much of that "wha... more » Grey_Area: I'm having a problem with the rash of ageless posthumans of current Space Opera with godlike powers and ineffable motivations. Their vast, cool intel... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: BTW, Charlie Jane, I just finished House of Suns. Freakin' awesome. It left me wanting more, though. It's like a prequel to something so much larger. more » ejs2000: Charlie, I get the feeling that you also think the answer to the post title's question is "no," but you knew this long exercise in hypothesis and devi... more » Liz Weinbloom: Moreover, IO9 itself is all about promoting the sense of wonder! My favorite pieces on IO9 are the pictures of nebulae, the weird science discoveries... more » Liz Weinbloom: Pish posh. A sense of wonder isn't something that comes with one story, applies only to its events, and then disappears until the next book. Read an... more » Rasselas: More seriously than my first comment above, perhaps "golden age" SF, whether one locates the golden age between the world wars or during the Eisenhowe... more » jessistephens: I admit that I wasn't the least bit interested in scifi till I saw Brazil, Blade Runner, and City of Lost Children, which are all dystopian and dark a... more » corpore-metal: Darn it, I can't reply directly to comments. (The webmaster has to fix the Javascript, it's broken in IE. Haven't tried it in Firefox.) Anyway, to Gar... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I think you interpreted Leeper's quote completely backwards to fit into your thesis, BTW. He's not saying that older folks want to be treated like kid... more » LovelyHue: @Evil Tortie's Mom: You said what I wanted to say, except that you said it much better. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I think that "childhood" and "adulthood" are, in the first place, artificial and arbitrary concepts, and, in the second place, made up a variety of di... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: No. You've written all these nice words, but the answer to the title is: No. I'm as grumpy-old-fart as the next, but I still love the sense of wonder,... more » cjschmidt: I've think our rush to have SciFi taken "seriously" has left some of the fun behind. The optimism and shine of TNG compared to DS9, the adventure of S... more » Martin Bosworth: thnk yr xcllnt ssy qstn s nswrd by th rtrdd cmmnts hr, Chrl, nd n 9 n gnrl. W'v cltvtd sch cnstrctd sns f nhlstc ndffrnc t vrythng n rdr t msk th fc... more » bluewyvern: Is it possible this is connected to the modern trend toward dark and gritty and away from sunny optimism in sci-fi? Is the change due to personal agin... more » LovelyHue: To answer your question, is a sense of wonder just a code for returning to childhood? - simply put, no. I believe that finding your sense of wonder, o... more » Mathmos: The enduring paradox is that you don't need fantastic situations to explore "the foibles and emotional complexities that make people, well, wonderful". more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I believe to have a sense of wonder you have to be willing to accept ignorance on a subject, something very few are willing to do in this day and age ... more » Rasselas: The sense of wonder is survived by the sense of grievance and the Spidey sense. more » -
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Is "Sense Of Wonder" Just A Code For Returning To Childhood?
Science fiction writers and fans clamor for a return to "sense of wonder," marveling at the richness of the universe, and technology's brilliance. But is this another way of saying "returning to childhood"?
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