Tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction: if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange! How differently the world would men behold!
In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers.
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.