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The Way The Future Was by Frederik Pohl



The good natured autobiography of an amiable SF author.

The Way The Future Was by Frederik Pohl
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[personal profile] patrick_morris_miller 2025-03-30 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)

He couldn’t eat with the black gang, because he was a civilian.

Was 'a civilian' supposed to be 'white'?

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[personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2025-03-30 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
The black gang is the engine room crew.
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[personal profile] bunsen_h 2025-03-30 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
So named because of the grime of the job, not because of innate skin colour.
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