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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Using that logic, why read ANY old sci-fi? We don't have humaniform robots with positronic brains and the roads never rolled. Mars doesn't have a breathable atmosphere. I guess we should chuck it all.
Let The Last Dangerous Visions be a book of the time it was conceived and started. And you know what? People will buy it.
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If the purpose of the collection is to be
provocative, then I suppose I can understand wanting to omit some stories from the collection if they end up feeling dated instead. I mean, would we really need another bog-standard post-apocalypse romp? Another Cold War metaphor?
I suppose it comes down to whether you'd like a collection that is still relevant now, or if you just want to see what the hypothetical collection from 1979 would've looked like. I could see both angles. Both
Brian Wilson Presents Smile and
The Smile Sessions are on my CD rack.