hm, interesting question. We don't know that much about leisure things. We know they have books, and Adama gave Roslin one of his 'favorites', but I can't remember if they mentioned what kind of book it was. But yes, it makes some sense that the Colonies don't need fiction to tell them about hyperdrives and other planets, because they already have those.
My guess, however, is religion. Because if the culture's main (and only, apparently) religion's main tenet is "this has all happened before and will happen again" it crushes the whole idea of the future being something you can speculate about. Or perhaps thinking more broadly, history is more important than speculation, because to them all things are cyclical and so by studying the past, one really can know what's to come.
So perhaps histories, historical fiction and biographies are their equivalent? Other than that, I'm fairly clueless.
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Date: 2007-01-18 04:10 am (UTC)My guess, however, is religion. Because if the culture's main (and only, apparently) religion's main tenet is "this has all happened before and will happen again" it crushes the whole idea of the future being something you can speculate about. Or perhaps thinking more broadly, history is more important than speculation, because to them all things are cyclical and so by studying the past, one really can know what's to come.
So perhaps histories, historical fiction and biographies are their equivalent? Other than that, I'm fairly clueless.
Or, pirates. *g*