30 sats \ 2 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Feb \ on: [REVIEW] The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner BooksAndArticles
Wonderful review on a book I personally would have expected to enjoy. I may give this one a wide-berth for a while on the basis of your write up though…
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 9 Feb
I might have overreacted a tiny bit. He does explore some pretty interesting ideas about technology and society, especially when you figure he was writing in the late 1970s I just don't like feeling preached at in fiction.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Feb
I think there are some excellent books that fit the worthy future government novel category; ‘1984’, ‘Brave New World’, ‘Fahrenheit 451’, ‘A Clockwork Orange’ etc and not to mention science-fiction versions. Your write up makes me think of an inverted ‘News From Nowhere’ barely concealed smugness (although I’m not sure that’s the right word). I may prefer a little more subtlety I suspect.
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