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Reminds me of a quote about culture in star trek: somehow, in this utopy, they only know of Shakespeare,an edgy hard boiled detective character, Captain Proton
by johnchristopher 8y ago
Reminds me of a quote about culture in star trek: somehow, in this utopy, they only know of Shakespeare,an edgy hard boiled detective character, Captain Proton and baseball. The vision americans had for the ST utopia was very los angeles centered.
- Bakary 8y agoAre there any notable SF works where it's more or less impossible to estimate the culture and era of the author?
- girvo 8y agoPerhaps the Culture series?
- johnchristopher 8y agoIt's an SF precursor but it seems to me few people know that Frankenstein comes from a book written by a woman 200 years ago (I just realized it's that old. Surprised no one produced a 200th anniversary movie).
- zaroth 8y agoAnd now a story on the front page about her mom! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17280561 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17280561