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jwharris28
Posted 2015-03-15 4:39 PM (#9887 - in reply to #9886)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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I am bothered by Clarke's hang-up that we need uplifting by superior aliens. He does this in both <i>Childhood's End</i> and <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>. It also bothered me that Clarke, a scientist, believed that psychic powers were the next stage of human development. With Clarke's stories it's very easy to see how aliens have replaced God, and outer space has replaced heaven, so science fiction appears like a substitute for religion.

 Give me Heinlein any day - especially a story like <i>Starman Jones</i> where Sam uplifts his own self by his bootstraps.

 

 


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