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Old 01-28-2018, 08:14 PM   #251
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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
I think you misunderstand what I was asking. Specifically the SF element in Brave New World of genetic engineering which the whole world is based on. Today it is no longer science fiction, but possible and not just in theory. Granted, there hasn't been human clones so far as I know. That is not a technological barrier though, but a moral one.

Does that now mean that Brave New World is no longer classifiable as Science Fiction if it was published today? (Or for the snobbery kind, doesn't have any more SF elements in it?)
Hmmm.... if Brave New World was being published today, it would very likely not be considered science fiction. In 1931 when it was written, it was definitely in the science fiction mold and should remain there. In much the same sense as I still consider Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon as being science fiction despite the manned moon landings 50 years ago. Sheesh... I would never have guessed in Dec., 1972 that the last manned moon landing for getting on close to 50 years had just happened.

Where were you on 1969-July-20?
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