I was going to post something along these lines, but from the perspective of sci-fi in-general being palette-swapped commentary on contemporary or historical themes, unless you're reading something by Greg Egan or Vernor Vinge.
Somehow this managed to bring to my mind the venerable adventure game Gateway from 1992, taking place in Frederick Pohl’s Heechee universe. It’s probably been closer to 30 years since I’ve played it.
This isn't really sci-fi.
This is a normal trip to the emergency room with search and replace for sci-fi terms.
I was going to post something along these lines, but from the perspective of sci-fi in-general being palette-swapped commentary on contemporary or historical themes, unless you're reading something by Greg Egan or Vernor Vinge.
Often that's exactly what scifi is: using futuristic situations to talk about present-day problems.
Space opera too.
I seriously can't wait until my wife wants to watch something and I can just put it in sci-fi mode
I'm not quite sure what I just read, but it was entertaining! Is there no other context for this story?
As far as I can tell, it's just a neat Sci-Fi short story from 2016.
Somehow this managed to bring to my mind the venerable adventure game Gateway from 1992, taking place in Frederick Pohl’s Heechee universe. It’s probably been closer to 30 years since I’ve played it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_(video_game)