> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.glowstorytelling.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # I made some sci-fi fans mad on Threads - URL: https://www.glowstorytelling.com/sci-fi-fans/ - Published: 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-13T02:50:38.000Z - Description: A cosmologist quoted my post in her own Thread, which now has nearly 800 likes. - Author: Dani Fankhauser - Tags: intuitive writing A few weeks ago, I posted a late-night contemplation to Threads. The thought was in response to an old text message from a fellow writer friend, as well as some sci-fi books and movies I’d recently consumed that portrayed long-distance space travel as requiring a lot of time—specifically because the travelers were limited by the speed of light. Here’s what I [posted](https://www.threads.com/@danifankhauser/post/DTCeUvkFCs4?ref=glowstorytelling.com): *The sci-fi genre has been really held back by this idea that light speed is the fastest you can travel … most space travel doesn’t happen in this dimension.* The next time I checked the app, I had a lot of responses—most of them, quite angry! A cosmologist quoted my post in her own [Thread](https://www.threads.com/@astropartigirl/post/DTEQHDFEtuv?hl=en&ref=glowstorytelling.com), which now has nearly 800 likes. I write sci-fi, but no, I haven’t seen every movie or read every book. Now, because of this post, I have learned the term “FTL” (faster than light) as well as some examples where it is used. It’s as if people on the Internet expect you to be an expert on something before you’re allowed to post a thought! But if that’s the requirement, who would be allowed to post anything about anything? ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9zNm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcfea6164-3786-441c-92c4-66db4783e22f_1125x832.jpeg) The responses I found most useful: - Writers are limited by what audiences are able to [comprehend](https://www.threads.com/@tiantography/post/DTD5S2lCdb7?ref=glowstorytelling.com) - Hard sci-fi stays consistent with the laws of physics because some audiences don’t enjoy [suspending disbelief](https://www.threads.com/@p.a.kramer/post/DTDk1E8juPj?ref=glowstorytelling.com) - Time offers a creative [constraint](https://www.threads.com/@bridell/post/DTD7PZriKsH?ref=glowstorytelling.com) that actually makes space stories more meaningful What actually got me the most interested was the level of vitriol in some responses. As someone who’s done a lot of inner work, I know that a trigger is never about the other person. It always comes down to me vs. me. That makes me wonder if these people are so fearful of being labeled uninformed that they instinctively post angry corrections at others. Then, because I’ve studied past lives enough to know anyone who’s a sci-fi fan has likely incarnated on other planets … I wonder if the me vs. me anger was directed to the part of them who *knows*. > \*ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆༻\*ੈ✩‧₊˚ The real kicker in my post is not about whether there are examples of space travel in sci-fi that go beyond the speed of light. It’s not about fiction at all. It’s my acknowledgement of how space travel works. In reality. The more I considered this, I realized what I am really saying here is that my perspective on sci-fi actually has much in common with hard sci-fi—in terms of integrity. I want more examples of sci-fi that portrays space travel how it really works. In anecdotes I’ve read, the ships tend to pop in and out of the dimension that is visible to the naked human eye. And the way that shift is controlled is with consciousness. No, you won’t find a description of that in a modern-day physics textbook. But you can learn about it through reading hypnosis session transcripts and ET channeled material. Sci-fi pushes the boundaries of our current reality to show us what’s possible. Inventions and innovations are predicted by sci-fi, but also *activated* by writers who see the future. I’m not sure what to call it, but I feel like I’m writing a new sub-genre of sci-fi that is not hard, but also not soft. If you know of similar examples, I’d love to hear them! ## Sign up for Glow by Dani Fankhauser Field notes on living in the Intuitive Era. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.