why do some people choose to write speculative fiction when their themes reflect those of the real world?

Answer 1

Some problems are universal. They can span a number of genres. Besides, themes that reflect the real world are more easier to relate to.

Answer 2

While some of this has been said in other ways by other answers, speculative fiction can be used to place frightening and emotional contemporary issues into a context that is divorced from all the things that make it scary and emotional. Sometimes the writer overdoes it and hits you with the hammer, but, at its best, the themes are done subtly enough to make you think.

In short, the very act of creating an entirely fictional world with minimal connection to the present forces an author to import assumptions about justice, the right way to structure a fair society, etc. It is impossible (even in describing every day life) to not have certain aspects of how people spend their time without shading it to say that this custom is making the central characters miserable or that this practice is making them happy or that this rule of behavior is oppressing certain groups, etc.

Answer 3

Because that is what speculative fiction IS. Speculative fiction takes the issues of the REAL WORLD of today and projects them forward into the future to see what will happen if we continue on our present course. Therefore, many are apocalyptic. Many others predict a world with problems from pollution, global warming, etc. But speculative fiction ALWAYS has its basis in the world of today. That is why it is called "speculative".
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Answer 4

some times you can't be specific about certain problems due to the political climate. look at jesus's parables, animal farm, the quatrains of Nostradamus the writings of scientific men during the era of religion.... any one of these men had they said what was really meant they would have been put to death. but what was said needed to be communicated... so its a way to say things with out really saying them... and every one who has a need to understand and garner knowledge, arguments, and reason can... to whom ever has ears let them hear.

Answer 5

To be honest, everything one writes is a part of themselves. It is impossible to create something without leaving your fingerprint sotospeak. I've read self-help books by people of certain stances, who try to approach it without any views, but you have to realize, even how to phrase something says a lot about you. If someone tries to write speculative fiction, all it means is that they want it to not be DIRECTLY related to certain matter. I've seen stan lee relate xmen to the civil rights movement, so if you want to see correlations, all you have to do is open your eyes. The best way to have an open mind, is to trust that the person who wrote the piece attempted to have one.