Comments on: Overlitigation as sci-fi theme

By: J.T. Wenting

J.T. Wenting — Sat, 28 May 2011 12:54:03 +0000

I wonder how Astrae thinks about Das Kapital… The ultimate political fiction, yet taken as gospel by millions.

By: David Smith

David Smith — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:46:20 +0000

That WAS NOT funny.

Maybe gallows humor.

By: Carter Wood

Carter Wood — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:13:31 +0000

Astrae — Well, I see your point, but on the other hand, I read The Unincorporated Man in two settings — try that with Rand — and it has lots of good SF technology and ideas in it, e.g., nanotechnology taken five generations into the future and a space elevator.

By: Alan K. Henderson

Alan K. Henderson — Fri, 27 May 2011 06:47:45 +0000

My favorite sci-fi courtroom drama is Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.

By: Astraea

Astraea — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:33:04 +0000

Carter: I consider that book sadly in the same class as Ayn Rand, with similar themes. I don’t mind thematic science fiction, I don’t even mind libertarian bleating, but I prefer not to be hit over the head repeatedly with the message. Write a book, don’t write exposition about the evils of whatever you’re opposing. This book had way too much exposition, and way too little good writing.

By: Carter Wood

Carter Wood — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:27:45 +0000

Best science fiction book I’ve read with legal themes, The Unincorporated Man by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin.

Blurb:

A brilliant industrialist named Justin Cord awakes from a 300-year cryonic suspension into a world that has accepted an extreme form of market capitalism. It’s a world in which humans themselves have become incorporated and most people no longer own a majority of themselves.

Justin Cord is now the last free man in the human race – owned by no one and owning no one.

By: Roy B

Roy B — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:24:14 +0000

Glad you tagged this as humor, I smiled through my tears…