The whole premise of SF is that the status quo is impermanent: it hasn’t always been what it is today, and it won’t be the same in future. James Alan Gardner: Science Fiction is always based on the question, “What would happen if things were different?” The differences can be technological, sociological, or even historical as in alternate history stories, but one way or another, SF deals with worlds that are not exactly like our own. Spec Can: What role can Science Fiction have to push boundaries and help people to question the status quo? In my spare time, I meditate and do kung fu. Just recently, I’ve gone back to UW part-time to study Earth Sciences. Eventually I got my B.Math and M.Math in Applied Math, writing my master’s thesis on black holes. James Alan Gardner: I grew up in small-town Ontario, then went to the University of Waterloo to take math. Spec Can : To begin our interview, could you tell me a little bit about yourself? I hope that readers enjoy our conversation as much as I enjoyed participating in it. Gardner agreed to do an interview with me. As a disability scholar and someone who is interested in portrayals in Science Fiction of people who are Othered, I was extremely pleased that Mr. I have been very lucky to get in touch with James Alan Gardner.
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