Scratch a futurist, and you will find a sci-fi fan. I do not know a futurist who has not read science fiction. The reason is obvious: fiction becomes fact.
As a Boomer sci-fi fan I started with the great mid-century giants in the field:
Heinlein to Asimov to Herbert. That was the foundational underpinning of my love of good sci-fi.
“Stranger in a Strange …