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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on December 21, 2019, 02:26:18 PM

Title: 'Science Fiction’s Wonderful Mistakes'
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 21, 2019, 02:26:18 PM

Interesting little article on 1960s sci fi books

https://newrepublic.com/article/155978/science-fictions-wonderful-mistakes?fbclid=IwAR3LRn9xujeAjKcl_Ku_3hmxU5WVnxMqahgvaXlWIl2E8TB1RhPKut6KIHc

Title: Re: 'Science Fiction’s Wonderful Mistakes'
Post by: Walter on December 21, 2019, 02:38:56 PM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on December 21, 2019, 02:26:18 PM

Interesting little article on 1960s sci fi books

https://newrepublic.com/article/155978/science-fictions-wonderful-mistakes?fbclid=IwAR3LRn9xujeAjKcl_Ku_3hmxU5WVnxMqahgvaXlWIl2E8TB1RhPKut6KIHc

old mother Hubbard had a lot to answer for 👽

Title: Re: 'Science Fiction’s Wonderful Mistakes'
Post by: Steve H on December 22, 2019, 09:08:07 AM

Sometimes they get it remarkably right and very wrong at the same time. In 1945, Arthur C. Clarke published this article (http://lakdiva.org/clarke/1945ww/1945ww_oct_305-308.html), predicting communication satellites about 20 years before they became a reality - but, writing in the pre-transistor age, he imagined them as permanently-manned space stations, with crews who would be necessafry for repair and maintenance.