RE: The most acurate predictions in a sci-fi novel
September 13, 2013 at 3:43 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2013 at 3:50 am by ManMachine.)
(September 12, 2013 at 5:57 pm)Maelstrom Wrote:(September 12, 2013 at 5:54 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: No, that only worked with L. Ron Hubbard.
And Gerald Gardner.
I would also add Philip K Dick & J G Ballard to that illustrious list.
I've just brought a book of short stories by J G Ballard on ebay for the bargain price of £1, I'm looking forward to that arriving. The Drowned World was a great read.
MM
(September 12, 2013 at 6:26 pm)orogenicman Wrote:(September 12, 2013 at 6:05 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I'm not sure that either of those qualify as science fiction.
Boru
Especially Huxley's, since it was written as social commentary, and is used in sociology classes everywhere.
I think the best science fiction has a strong social context as a backdrop to the main story arc.
Even early Sci-fi like Wells and Verne had strong social elements to them, Well's Time Machine is a good example of this with the Eloi and the Morlocks. It's crude but definately social.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
