Science-fiction societies tend to be technological because, well, that’s part of how the genre is defined. But there are any number of fantasy authors, from Tolkien on, who depict societies with little technology, where disease, squalor and grinding poverty are nonetheless handwaved away.
Science-fiction societies tend to be technological because, well, that’s part of how the genre is defined. But there are any number of fantasy authors, from Tolkien on, who depict societies with little technology, where disease, squalor and grinding poverty are nonetheless handwaved away.
Fantasy authors can give their civilizations magic, which fills roles that would require technology in the real world.