Shortly after, a slave arrived at Caesarâs house to warn him of the plot against his life. But he was too late: Caesar had left. A short while later, a man named Artemidorus of Cnidus pushed through the jostling crowds and handed Caesar a roll setting out details of the plot.
Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature that focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways.
Aspiration vs. Transcendence. But there is a fundamental difference between science fiction and fantasy, one of aspiration. Humanity can look forward to the kinds of achievements postulated in science fiction, or look in horror at the consequences the result in a future dystopia.