Yeah, but as to belief, Robin.
Good old Stapledon & Last and First Men surely does 'God' in pretty
thoroughly...?
So I mean that all of it tended to undermine the good old 'faith.' (or
_any_ GOF).
Doug
On 15-May-05, at 9:41 AM, Robin Hamilton wrote:
>> I sometimes think that what did me in was reading all that Science
>> Fiction; coming to assume a universe in which, onwards, intelligence
>> keeps growing (not much to support that vision around us right now,
>> viz. Stephen's political note)...
>
> That was very much American SF, Doug -- Brit SF has always been a bit
> more
> pessimistic (think of say Thomas Disch or Ballard).
>
> Or Wells -- dem dam' Morlochs.
>
> Robin
>
>
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