True or false? The most popular science fiction tends to envision a high-agency future for the professional class, irrespective of whether it us otherwise utopian or dystopian. They’re middle class professionals.
The most popular fantasy otoh seems to focus on high or low born.
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revenge of the salaryman vs hero's journey of the slave boy who would be king
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Not necessarily revenge though. Mostly bureaucratic heroism actually.
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No. Science Fiction extends modern society, so older stuff extends high agency to the middle class. SF from other (non-white-male) authors/eras does not.
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The x-punk genres envision a high agency underclass.
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The novel Walkaway talks about a lot of different classes. The person who is the only redeemed villain is one from the middle class: Jimmy. What do you think ?
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Terry Pratchett's Rincewind is probably middle class. Paul Atreides is upper class.








