Abstract
The article presents a critical response to Quentin Meillassoux’s essay Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction and proves the impossibility of “fiction of worlds outside- science.” A reconstruction of Meillasoux’s three types of XSF-worlds followed by a demonstration of their failure. Author suggests a shift of emphasis in the notion of “science fiction” from the first word to the second: this move draws attention to the constitutive role of fictitiousness as a characteristic of XSF-worlds rather than their scientific nature. Referring to the philosopher’s earlier works, the author performs a “Ptolemy’s Revenge:” fictional worlds are the product of imagination, which implies the impossibility of decentring thought relative to extro-science fiction. Both classic and contemporary works of the SF are used as illustrations, so the text will be of interest not only to speculative realism researchers, but also to sci-fi fans.
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