Events Proceeding the Helvetican Renaissance

According to our class definition of science fiction, "Events Proceeding the Helvetican Renaissance" fits our description. The short story was very believable and could possibly happen in the future. It also had elements like space travel, time travel, robots, and other science based things we would expect in the future. The story had a bunch of examples of extrapolation. For example, on page 2 a “scanlid” was mentioned. This invention seems like it would be possible to replicate in the future. With all of the examples of extrapolations as a whole, I think they make the story more believable in being classified as science fiction. It makes the story seem set in the future and it also makes the story more interesting. I enjoyed reading this piece. I liked all of the inventions that the author put in. I also wasn’t disappointed by the ending. The sudden twist also took me by surprise and make the reading more enjoyable.