When everything in a science fiction novel gets invented in real life, do they just move it to the normal fiction section?
>>9951376
i am sure you breath using the mouth
>>9951376
no they don't, anything that uses technology real or fantastical to answer human questions is science fiction. "hard scifi" which focuses on technology exists, but j g ballard's Crash is often called science fiction and the only technology in that book is the automobile.
lastly most scifi as separate from speculative fiction is not trying to predict future technology but using the excuse of fantastical technologies as tools to better explore philosophical questions in a secular context. philip k dick was not predicting dimension hopping drugs, he was using them to make clear deeper spiritual teachings.