Re: Fate of SF as World Slides Down Back Side of Hubbert's Curve?

Mike Schilling wrote:
> John Schilling wrote:
> 
> 
>>Stepford being populated by upper-class men who originally had
>>beautiful wives, I tend to agree with the original poster that one
>>has to be at least two standard deviations out along the nutcase
>>feminist axis to
>>find the plot credible after more than a moment's thought.
> 
> 
> It's a satire; why would you care if it's credible, any more than 
> you'd care if pigs could really take over a farm?. 
> 
> 

	Well, as I said, I didn't see that it was satire. So credibility 
would be an issue.

	With Animal Farm the postulate of "the animals can think and talk" 
was done many times before Orwell did it and most of us were familiar 
with it as kids -- and if you START with that postulate and it's the 
basis of the story as well, it's easier to deal with than slowly 
coming to a realization that what you're watching makes no sense.

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