tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post8547837035884359911..comments2024-03-28T16:39:46.847-04:00Comments on Tellers of Weird Tales: The Supernatural in ScienceTerence E. Hanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-90208599633942378402017-06-24T08:53:59.900-04:002017-06-24T08:53:59.900-04:00Okay, Marzaat,
Thanks for the information.
THOkay, Marzaat,<br /><br />Thanks for the information.<br /><br />THTerence E. Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-18558487977579970322017-06-23T17:36:30.681-04:002017-06-23T17:36:30.681-04:00"The Concept of Mind in Science Fiction"..."The Concept of Mind in Science Fiction" and "Marxism, Science Fiction and the Poverty of Prophecy: Some Comparisons and Contrasts".<br /><br />Both are available in the collection Opening Minds which I did a few blog posts on recently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-38045349534925568542017-06-23T17:18:59.076-04:002017-06-23T17:18:59.076-04:00Marzaat,
Thanks for your supporting comments. I h...Marzaat,<br /><br />Thanks for your supporting comments. I have had some doubt that I have been writing about a real problem, i.e., that science fiction authors tend towards materialism but that, in order to write something that might be considered art, must work through an encounter with the non-material. The essays you reference here would seem to support my thoughts. Do you have titles for these essays by Brian Stableford?<br /><br />THTerence E. Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-48331268786933667132017-06-23T16:13:07.111-04:002017-06-23T16:13:07.111-04:00Interesting remarks on Marx the man.
By coinciden...Interesting remarks on Marx the man.<br /><br />By coincidence, I read a couple of essays by science fiction critic Brian Stableford a few months ago.<br /><br />In one, he talked about how many science fiction concepts (telepathy, possession, gestalt minds, body switching) are predicated on the notion of a ghost in the machine.<br /><br />In another essay, he looked at why Marx and science fiction fail in their attempts to prophecy a future. Amongst other things, they don't account for human agency or that their prophecies may inspire actions to avoid their depicted societies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com