Hello internet surfers, my name is Alan. This is my first post on my first ever blog, so bare with me. This is required for a course I am taking, but I am actually looking forward to making an entry each week. The course I am taking is The Short Story: Science Fiction. This weeks prompt is pretty open so I can really go anywhere I want. What does science fiction mean to me? How do I define science fiction? There are several characteristics about the genre that have to be in place for it to be considered science fiction. First of all, I always think of it as being in the future, whether the near future or the distant future. Also, I see science fiction as a somewhat believable story line. Something that just cannot or would never ever happen, I lump those stories in the fantasy and adventure column. I think it is somewhat possible for computers to enslave the human race, at least it's more believable than riding unicorns into the clouds and swimming with mermaids. My experience with science fiction literature is not very extensive I must admit. Science fiction film, on the other hand, is what some may call my forte. Some of my favorite films are classified as science fiction. The Matrix, of course, and what many consider the greatest science fiction film of all time, 2001: A Space Odyssey. 2001, is actually based on a book of the same title by Arthur C. Clarke. I was so hoping we would read it in this class. Though I have not read very much science fiction literature, I feel very comfortable with the genre. I love reading or watching a story that shows something in the future that could actually happen one day. It reminds of the movie trilogy, Back to the Future. In part two, the main character goes to 2015, which in 1985, when the film came out, seemed like light years away, but now it is only 3 years away! My friends and I plan to throw a Back to the Future party. It is always cool to go into a realistic world and be apart of a story where unheard of things happen, and you think, what if this came true? What if this is all in my mind and I wake up tomorrow and the truth is revealed? Scary thought, but that's what is fun about science fiction. Cannot really say I have any fears for this class, but I am definitely excited to dive into some cool stories and pick up some knowledge on scifi. Well as I said before, this is my first ever blog post, so I am not sure how I did. I will leave you  for now, but I will surely be back. This will be a weekly thing, so we will see how my writing improves along the way. I'm outtie.