Comments on: Men Like Gods http://www.talkingsquid.net/archives/136 Scientific Romances and Other Curiosities from the Antipodes Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:33:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Lawson http://www.talkingsquid.net/archives/136/comment-page-1#comment-2468 Chris Lawson Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:16:13 +0000 http://www.talkingsquid.net/archives/136#comment-2468 Yeah, it would make more sense if Toye had talked about Bush quoting Kim Stanley Robinson and Blair quoting Iain M. Banks. The closest thing in Churchill's era that would compare to Star Trek and Dr Who would have been Burroughs and Haggard -- but as we all know, there was only ever one literary science fiction writer, and that was H. G. Wells. I also find it amusing that people such as G.W. Bush draw on Brave New World without ever understanding that Huxley, if he was still alive, would be one of their most vitriolic critics. Yeah, it would make more sense if Toye had talked about Bush quoting Kim Stanley Robinson and Blair quoting Iain M. Banks. The closest thing in Churchill’s era that would compare to Star Trek and Dr Who would have been Burroughs and Haggard — but as we all know, there was only ever one literary science fiction writer, and that was H. G. Wells.

I also find it amusing that people such as G.W. Bush draw on Brave New World without ever understanding that Huxley, if he was still alive, would be one of their most vitriolic critics.

]]> By: Robert Hood http://www.talkingsquid.net/archives/136/comment-page-1#comment-2369 Robert Hood Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:00:02 +0000 http://www.talkingsquid.net/archives/136#comment-2369 Toye lost me when he compared borrowing from Wells to borrowing from Star Trek and Dr Who. Though they may be similar in terms of popular appeal, I'm not sure the same level of sociological intent and philosophhical seriousness is involved, especially as many of the phrases Churchill apparently borrowed from Wells come from his speculative non-fiction rather than from his scientific romances. Still, maybe that's just a sign of the times. Toye lost me when he compared borrowing from Wells to borrowing from Star Trek and Dr Who. Though they may be similar in terms of popular appeal, I’m not sure the same level of sociological intent and philosophhical seriousness is involved, especially as many of the phrases Churchill apparently borrowed from Wells come from his speculative non-fiction rather than from his scientific romances. Still, maybe that’s just a sign of the times.

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