people who don't expect justice don't have to suffer disappointment - Isaac Asimov

Es menester recordar, claro está, que la historia es más que eso. Es también el registro de las ideas y costumbres que ha creado un pueblo, las obras de ingeniería que llevó a cabo, los libros que escribió, el arte que compuso, los juegos con que se divertía, su forma de vida, etc.

my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

Science fiction may be defined as that branch of literature which deals with the response of human beings to advances in science and technology. Actual change in science and technology, occurring quickly enough and striking deeply enough to affect a human being in the course of his normal lifetime, is a phenomenon peculiar to the world only since the Industrial Revolution ... The first well-known writer who responded to this new factor in human affairs by dealing regularly with science fiction, by studying the effect of additional scientific advance upon mankind ... was Jules Verne. In the English language, the early master was H. G. Wells. Between them, they laid the foundation for every theme upon which science fiction writers have been ringing variations ever since.