{"id":7483,"date":"2019-12-08T15:32:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T15:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/?p=7483"},"modified":"2019-12-09T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T17:13:01","slug":"best-educated-science-fiction-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/features\/best-educated-science-fiction-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Best Educated Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
We live in the era sci-fi and fantasy created. Interconnected computers, satellites whizzing through space, genetic engineering – all of these commonplace technologies were imagined first as impossible dreams before science solidified them as real-world possibilities. And we live in a culture sci-fi and fantasy fiction conquered. What was once grounds for a bully to stuff nerds in their lockers (true life, y\u2019all) now dominates popular culture; if you still think Star Trek<\/em> is geeky, there\u2019s a good chance you think Game of Thrones<\/em> is awesome, and if they\u2019re both too dorky for a cool cat like you, you still went to see Black Panther<\/em> and Infinity War<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Surprisingly, sci-fi and fantasy authors haven\u2019t always had the best relationship with higher education. It\u2019s not about street cred, as with educated rappers<\/a> or college-graduate country singers<\/a>; it\u2019s usually just because sci-fi and fantasy writers are too idiosyncratic and independent for conventional education. Philip K. Dick dropped out of theUniversity of California, BerkeleyRanking the Best-Educated Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n