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Date: 2009-11-23 01:22 pm (UTC)But to me that is the definition of MEDIOCRE (at best) science fiction -- I much prefer exploration of deeply alien societies (as in, human or human derived, but very different from us), and better yet, sensible exploration of how technological change changes society.
Like the one or two 1940's books which (fairly accurately) predicted how widespread reliable contraceptives would change gender roles. And they were written when not only very little research was going on in that field, but ALL contraceptives were actually illegal in several states.