Science fiction is concurrently an escape from reality while also remaining a “way of looking to see what’s behind” (Barlow 110). As such, it blends reality with the human imagination in order to articulate a narrative that conveys the very essence of modernity. Aaron Barlow, an English professor and New York College of Technology, underscores this binary between reality and human imagination as an intrinsic feature of science fiction as a literary genre, thereby rendering realism the antithesis to the imagination (105). Moreover, Barlow contends that Ray Bradbury, a seminal American author in science fiction, mystery and horror Continue reading...