2001 was written in an age which now lies beyond one of the great divides in human history; we are sundered from it forever by the moment when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out on to the Sea of Tranquility. Now history and fiction have become inexorably intertwined.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The moon landing marked a historical divide where science fiction became reality.
- In plain terms
- Before the moon landing, fiction and reality were separate; now they are linked.
- What can you take from it?
- Historical breakthroughs blur the line between imagination and reality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does technology change our view of fiction?
- What other events changed human history permanently?
Another view
Not all fictional ideas become reality regardless of history.
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