Scotland as Science Fiction

Scots like Iain N. Banks and Ken MacLeod lead in a futuristic tradition for from MacDonald Barrie and Stevenson onwards Scots have been speculating in ways derived from their unique circumstances: lacking political power they imagine future spaces and different places—with a twist. Nineteenth-century thermodynamics (theorized in Scotland) Celtic Otherworlds and a Scotland always on the "other side" of history open unusual futures for Mitchison Spark Lindsay Mitchell MadDiarmid Morgan Crumey Fitt and Gray.<BR />