"Golden Age sf: hope for the future of technology. Millennial sf:
fear of the present, fear of technology?"
Quote from Berman essay below.
I think she's onto something. When I was writing a commentary on the
reactionary threat to stem cell research (see below) I was aware that
what was really wanted were portrayals of science-positive futures in
sci fi. Where were they? Days later it came to me. They were
implicit. Take Star Trek. How did they develop dermal regenerators if
they didn't do some primary research on stem cells or something like
it? We trust the federation to do such research in a socially
responsible manner. But we don't trust our own corporate or
government interests.
reference: http://www.okalrel.org/randc/Stem_cells.html
On Fri, 01 Mar 2002 02:17:33 -0500 (EST), [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Reposted Judith Berman's essay on the problem of recent SF has
>been posted on her website: Bruce Sterling calls it the most
>important piece of SF criticism written in the past ten years.
>Berman articulates with startling clarity many of the same concerns
>about SF that have been talked about on the mailing lists.
>Give a kid a science fiction book Subscribe: rff-
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