Re: Oldest SF not necessarily most dated?

Matthias Warkus wrote:

> John Schilling schrieb:
> > I think there's a partial misunderstanding here.  I don't think
> > anyone, from the early '80s on at least, was terribly surprised to
> > see the Soviet economy collapse.  Commmunism's early luster faded
> > pretty fast, and once e.g. the Russians had to come begging for
> > American grain, it was pretty clear which economic system wasn't
> > working.
> > 
> > What surprised most everyone, including myself, is that the Soviet
> > economy collapsed peacefully.
> 
> To me, the surprise is rather that it managed to hold out that long.
> (OK, but then, I was born in 1981, so ...) I recall a long and
> pointed article from 1963 (IIRC) detailing how the Soviet economy
> worked in spite of central planning rather than because of it. Hard
> to believe they muddled along for nearly 30 more years.

Even harder to believe how many Americans -- including some sf writers
-- thought it was likely to take over the world.

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