obfuscated utopia
¶ by Rob FrieselVia Boing Boing:
Because of the Cold War emphasis on dystopias, Cold War writers like Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Samuel R. Delany had to find radical new ways to express their inexpressible hopes about the future, claims Jameson. At this moment of neoliberal triumphalism, he suggests, we should take these writers seriously – even if their ideas are packaged inside lurid paperbacks.
Great piece by Joshua Glenn. Glad to see someone sticking up for “sci-fi as lit” – – and seems timely given a conversation this morning re: sci-fi lit as more about society and culture than about individual stuggle(s). And how maybe that’s why it doesn’t always take root w/ a lot of folks.
currently playing: Howie B. “Have Mercy”
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