<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f6cce069-4891-43ee-b9cb-dc50249fde8f/B31A950F-9770-4CF9-A8EF-9C828B1E6053/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html" href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P>Science fiction is all about the future, but what does the future hold for science fiction?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P>These days, science can be stranger than science fiction, and mainstream literature is increasingly futuristic and speculative. So <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.500-scifi-special-is-science-fiction-dying.html" linkindex="31">are the genre's days numbered</A>? We asked six leading writers for their thoughts on the future of science fiction, including <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026822.100-scifi-special-margaret-atwood.html" linkindex="32">Margaret Atwood</A>, <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.600-scifi-special-william-gibson.html" linkindex="33">William Gibson</A> and <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.800-scifi-special-kim-stanley-robinson.html" linkindex="34">Kim Stanley Robinson</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P>Plus, we review the latest sci-fi novels, <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026826.900-scifi-special-ones-to-watch.html" linkindex="35">highlight the writers to watch</A> and reveal the results our poll of <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026826.300-scifi-special-your-alltime-favourite-science-fiction.html" linkindex="36">your all-time favourite sci-fi films and books</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><H3 class="crosshead">The future of sci-fi</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.500-scifi-special-is-science-fiction-dying.html" linkindex="37" set="yes">Is science fiction dying</A>, asks <B>Marcus Chown</B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P>What does the future hold for the genre of science fiction? We asked six leading writers:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026822.100-scifi-special-margaret-atwood.html" linkindex="38">Margaret Atwood</A><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026822.000-scifi-special-stephen-baxter--.html" linkindex="39">Stephen Baxter</A><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.600-scifi-special-william-gibson.html" linkindex="40">William Gibson</A><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.700-scifi-special-ursula-k-le-guin.html" linkindex="41">Ursula K Le Guin</A><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.800-scifi-special-kim-stanley-robinson.html" linkindex="42">Kim Stanley Robinson</A><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.900-scifi-special-nick-sagan.html" linkindex="43">Nick Sagan</A><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><H3 class="crosshead">Book reviews</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14757-science-fiction-special-the-future-of-a-genre.html"><P><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026826.400-ianathemi-by-neal-stephenson.html" linkindex="44"><I>Anathem</I> by Neal Stephenson</A><IMG class="artxicon" title="Contains video content" alt="Movie Camera" src="http://www.newscientist.com/img/icon/artx_video.gif" /> - including an exclusive video interview with Stephenson</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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