tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post3236717511839319809..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: From Tomorrow’s World to Click – Elizabeth KayKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-38509694609694256302014-03-17T17:00:19.585+00:002014-03-17T17:00:19.585+00:00I agree with Madwippitt, a good book can be a '...I agree with Madwippitt, a good book can be a 'what if' whether the supposed scenario happens or not. One common mistake of earlier sci-fi/future writing was to assume technology goes in a straight line, getting techier and techier, but in fact many things go retro either for fun (vinyl is still vibrant on the new music scene and is getting stronger if anything) or through environmental disaster. What always put me off sci-fi was the writers could envisage all kinds of wonderful inventions, planets, ways of life, yet sexism was still rife in their work - women having no role but the domestic one even when housework was done by robots!Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-55340470180131162002014-03-17T10:15:22.238+00:002014-03-17T10:15:22.238+00:00I'm a Click addict too Elizabeth - fascinated ...I'm a Click addict too Elizabeth - fascinated by technology!<br />Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-62799392092668171452014-03-17T08:06:24.635+00:002014-03-17T08:06:24.635+00:00Whether it gets its predictions right or wrong, a ...Whether it gets its predictions right or wrong, a well written book never dates and becomes redundant when the future catches up with the past! It simply becomes an alternative reality, but is just as fascinating and valid and still just as readable. And yes, hurrah for Wyndham, I love his books too! madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.com