We are so looking forward to our first Comicon! Apparently this is also the first one for Indiana. Needless to say, I've always been a bit of a nerd. No matter how much I try to hide it, I still enjoy the geekier side of life.
Admittedly, I'm not a full tilt aficionado. I don't play video games, collect comic books, or play board games, but I do enjoy a good Syfy tail, whether it comes through the television, a movie theater, across the laptop, or on my Kindle. Whatever form it finds itself I do enjoy immersing myself into that world.
I can't speak to others as to why they enjoy all things Syfy, but for me, I believe that science fiction is the good soil upon which the seeds of innovation are planted. Having been an engineer and IT specialist, I enjoy the act of creation. It's extremely fulfilling to conceive an idea and then see it come to fruition.
I recently read through Nikola Tesla's autobiography and I enjoyed reading what, at his time, was considered fictional and fanciful, but are now common place. Broadcasting music, pictures, voices, etc. over seas and around the world was a bit too much for some to consider, but not for Tesla.
For some, science fiction is an opportunity to travel to another place and time and become part of a culture that appreciates their innermost desires and fantasies. For me, however, I enjoy the possible future that it can create. Of course there is the dark side of the singularity; that point in which we can no longer predict what our technological conceptions will inevitably breed. For me, I have no desire whatsoever to live in the Matrix. I guess that's the freedom loving side of me coming out. Innovation is great, as long as it serves humanity and not the other way around.
So...why do I like science fiction; for the reality of it of course!
Sincerely,
J.A. Davis
Into The East is a "Star Wars meets 300" type of Novel Series. The first book in the series is: The Razing.
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