For such an important and well-loved genre, sci-fi is rather difficult to define. Is it space opera? High-brow philosophical parables? Serious speculation about the future of technology? Is it all of those things? And then, what isn't it? In this episode, we attempt to "solve" this puzzling genre by answering one simple question: "what is science fiction?" Audible ➤ http://amzn.to/2xlMBM8 Join the community for discussion and daily posts! Support us on Patreon! ➤ https://www.patreon.com/TaleFoundry Tale Foundry ➤ https://thetalefoundry.wordpress.com/ Facebook ➤ http://www.facebook.com/TaleFoundry Twitter ➤ http://www.twitter.com/TheTaleFoundry Tumblr ➤ http://www.TaleFoundry.tumblr.com/ Discord ➤ https://discord.gg/ZN3TYrr ▬▬▬▬ What is Tale Foundry? ▬▬▬▬ If fiction were a material, we would be its manufacturing plant. We take apart stories to see what makes them tick, then recycle what we find to create our own. Every month we make a video discussing what we've discovered, a list of interesting ideas, and then, finally, an original short story that makes use of all the new material. Episodes ➤ https://goo.gl/rdzcn5 Lists ➤ https://goo.gl/7Msq3v Stories ➤ https://goo.gl/VjnLBR Also, if you find anything worth writing about in any of our videos, we take fan-submitted stories as well! Visit our website for more info: https://thetalefoundry.wordpress.com/contact/ ▬▬▬▬ Support Us▬▬▬▬ https://www.patreon.com/TaleFoundry Our videos will always be available on Youtube for free, but there's extra content waiting on our Patreon for those who choose to support us: •Voting — Every month we let our patrons vote for which theme they'd like us to cover the following month; higher-tier patrons get to suggest themes for the poll •Updates and Previews — Get a sneak peek at what we're working on before anyone else ▬▬▬▬ Past Themes ▬▬▬▬ •View all of our past series here: https://goo.gl/6npTCg ▬▬▬▬ Tale Foundry Team ▬▬▬▬ •Talebot — the talent •The Taleoids — the talent's helpers •Chloe Mansfield — writing/research/content manager •Benjamin Cook — writing/art/channel owner ▬▬▬▬ Credit/Attributions ▬▬▬▬ The following resources were used in accordance with (17 U.S.C. Section 107) United States "Fair Use" Doctrine: •Music: —Tale Foundry themes by Rohan Parry (https://soundcloud.com/midimachine) —“Inventing the Future”, by Kinoton: https://soundcloud.com/kinotonmusic —“Exploration”, by Axivis: https://soundcloud.com/axivis —“Again Again”, by Warm •Video Footage: —Footage from “I AM Legend Animated Comics 3: Shelter”, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment —Footage from “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror”, by F.W. Murnau •Research: —“Speculative Fiction”: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpeculativeFiction —“Sliding Scale of Realistic vs. Fantasy”: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic —“Sci-fi Ghetto”: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScifiGhetto —“On the Poetics of the Science Fiction -Genre”, by Darko Suvin —“A Historical Look at Why Science Fiction Always Gets Screwed at the Oscars”: https://www.inverse.com/article/27692-oscars-scifi-science-fiction-arrival-star-wars-2001-kubrik —“Science Fiction Awards are Basically Bullshit”: https://www.inverse.com/article/28274-nebulas-2016-science-fiction-awards-books —“Why no Sci-fi movie ever won Best Picture”: https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2016/0225/Oscars-2016-Why-has-no-sci-fi-movie-ever-won-Best-Picture —“Why Science fiction authors can’t win”: https://galacticbrain.com/why-science-fiction-authors-cant-win/ ▬▬▬▬ Special Thanks to our Patreon Engineers ▬▬▬▬ —Arch di Angelo —Aaron Hislop —Andrew Jacobson —Daniel Alexander —Darragh Counihan —Eric Porter —Jezz is Cheese —Kidjchai Yingseri —Nik Maier —Quinn —Rachel Reeves —RPGgrenade - RocketMooseX —Stefanie Domingo —Tucker White —Zeth Crowley