


At its best, sci-fi has always spoken to a broad audience.

Over the last two decades, the nerds have taken over the entertainment industry, and an argument can be made that – considering the rise of Marvel, the omnipresence of the aforementioned space opera and the simple fact that the concept of a ‘multiverse’ is now in the common lexicon – sci-fi has become the dominant genre, not just in film but all of popular culture.īut science fiction was never just for geeks. It’s hard to imagine now, but it wasn’t that long ago when science fiction was considered niche – even being really into Star Wars was thought of as high-order nerdery.
