From: Randy Smith (randysmith101@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 17 2001 - 19:22:10 MDT
>From: Greg Burch <gregburch@gregburch.net>
>Finally, as for science fiction, well, I love it, too, but the fact is that
>the vast majority of it contains the shallowest thinking about social
>issues. I recently weeded out the hundreds of SF books in my library when
>we remodeled my study. There was an unbelievable amount of garbage in
>there
>. . .
>
How very, very true. SF, and indeed the vast majority of fiction, is really
all about plot conflict, plot situations, escapism, etc. All very contrived.
I really don't think SF represents anything special. They certainly have a
poor record of prediction....
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