Anarchism and science fiction: T
John Taine (pseud. Eric Temple Bell): The Time Stream (1931) William Tenn: ‘The Liberation of Earth’ (1953) Vittorio Curtoni saw Tenn as an sf author who ‘satirizes the mechanics of repression’ (Curtoni 1978: 24). This story is a fine example, in which Earth is repeated conquered and reconquered by rival galactic forces, in the course of which ‘liberation’ the planet is devastated. The tale just stops short of drawing an anarchist moral, in that Earth’s indigenous governors are exempted from description as anything worse than stupid; nevertheless it is most appealing.` Dave Thorpe: Doc Chaos: The Chernobyl Effect (1988) Described as an allegorical satire on the nuclear age, this was published by the anarchist Hooligan Press, and favourably reviewed in Freedom. Roger S. Tracy: The White Man’s Burden. A Satirical Forecast, by T. Shirby Hodge (pseud.) (1915) ‘Africa completely black and Christian. All races advanced except the white. Race war. Anarchism.’ (Sargent: 81) |
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