tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post663898411515350601..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Science fictionLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-48998281727486345752010-09-25T07:46:16.938-06:002010-09-25T07:46:16.938-06:00It was in a SciFi book that I finally read about I...<i>It was in a SciFi book that I finally read about Incest...</i><br /><br />Most of Heinlein's later works have strong themes of incest.<br /><br />You might also be thinking of Theodore Sturgeon's <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Anvilicious" rel="nofollow">anvilicious</a> 1967 short story, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_All_Men_Were_Brothers,_Would_You_Let_One_Marry_Your_Sister%3F" rel="nofollow"><i>If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?</i></a>, which appeared in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Visions" rel="nofollow"><i>Dangerous Visions</i></a>.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-2470989514517824212010-09-25T07:25:45.914-06:002010-09-25T07:25:45.914-06:00Almost all the questions that got me to thinking a...Almost all the questions that got me to thinking about morality and man's interactions with the world were from the SciFi masters who asked what if? It was in a SciFi book that I finally read about Incest...Why is it bad? Is it bad? Is it OK in certain ways?<br />I NEVER had that discussion in religious class or biology or philosophy only in a SciFi book was there someone with courage to ask the questions on many topics.L.Longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-62111455113000839182010-09-22T20:00:37.132-06:002010-09-22T20:00:37.132-06:00Couldn't agree more. Much of today's scien...Couldn't agree more. Much of today's science fiction is literary fiction; ie Dan Simmons Hyperion series.Janey Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00308623348870943709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-77997840895085961172010-09-22T19:23:12.472-06:002010-09-22T19:23:12.472-06:00Have you read Blindsight by Peter Watts?
http://w...Have you read Blindsight by Peter Watts?<br /><br />http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm<br /><br />In my opinion, the best science fiction novel of the past decade.David Ellishttp://www.dbellisart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com