Out of This World…
I recently attended the British Library’s latest exhibition “Out of This World“, in which the realms of science fiction are represented by the icons and key players of its medium, and alternative ideas & answers to our own reality’s theories are explored. Who are we? What does it mean to be human? Are we alone? What is reality? Can a truly perfect world exist?..
The space is divided into six “visions”, and examines literary worlds from the Alien, Future, Virtual, Parallel, Perfect and Apocalyptic.
Throughout history, people have sought solutions to such questions, and others have created their own via science fiction & imagination. From Bishop Francis Godwin’s earliest recorded Sci Fi tale in 1638, where his character Domingo Gonsales travels to the moon aided by geese, to classics such as HG Wells, Isaac Asimov & George Orwell & modern icons such as Ian M Banks, the exhibition highlights many great authors past & present, and their attempts at realizing an existence that provides such solutions…. often not without consequence.
The exhibition is free, and open until 25th September 2011.
