From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 22:39:00 -0800 (PST)
To: "Duncan Frissell" <kkirksey@appstate.campus.mci.net>
Subject: Re: Why I Don't Read SF Much Anymore
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On Thu, 21 Nov 96 10:05:46 -0500, Ken Kirksey wrote:

>certain romance in the Gersnbackian view of the future that I enjoy, 
>especially in contrast to the Grim and Gritty (TM) "reality" of most 
>modern and post-modern SF.  I still find Heinlein's juveniles to be fun 
>reads, probably for this reason.  Ditto for Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars 
>books.

That's one thing you could say: The predictors of the future are a lot more
pessimistic than they used to be...


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