The home is one of our most enduring human paradoxes and is brought to light tellingly in science-fiction (SF) writing and film. However; while similarities and crossovers between architecture and SF have proliferated throughout the past century; the home is often overshadowed by the spectacle of otherness. The study of the familiar (home) within the alien (SF) creates a unique cultural lens through which to reflect on our current architectural condition. SF has always been linked with alienation; however; the conditions of such alienation; and hence notions of home; have evidently changed. There is often a perceived comprehension of the familiar that atrophies the inquisitive and interpretive processes commonly activated when confronting the unfamiliar. Thus; by utilizing the estranging qualities of SF to look at a concept inherently linked to its perceived opposite - the home - a unique critical analysis with particular relevance for contemporary architecture is made possible.
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