Re: Oldest SF not necessarily most dated?

> > And the
> > whole thing where Islamism replaces Communism as the big
> > bugaboo is just weird.
>
> I guess I'm lucky in that last one.
>
> Circa 1990, at least one investment newsletter I subscribed to predicted
> that the West vs. Islam would be the new Cold War of the 21st century.
> (And they suggested investing accordingly.)
>
> So SF writers may not have predicted this. =A0

Well, one did. In 1986 David Brin predicted that in 21st Century
liberal West will find a new enemy in (quote) "one of the world's
macho cultures -- most likely Islamic". He indentifies Latin and Hindu
cultures as equally "macho" and considers it a blessing they appear to
be on our side.