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________________________________ Thanks. Also worth mentioning are the late Octavia Butler (the change-shifter series, esp. WILDSEED) and Samuel Delaney, for African-American science fiction is a sub-genre of its own. BTW, some astute readers have noted that Delaney's mammoth second novel, DHALGREN, bears an uncanny resemblence to Bowie's song "Diamong Dogs"---the Manhattan Chase Bank, the character who dresses like a priest to escape down an elevator shaft, packs of wild dogs roaming through a city that may not exist, etc. Since the novel came out before the album, and Bowie is an admitted sci-fi fan, you have to figure plagiarism on some level. Of interest to list members may be China's recommendations for 50 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Works Every Socialist Should Read, to be found here among other places: http://theweeklyansible.tumblr.com/post/20777236577/50-sci-fi-fantasy-works-every-socialist-should-read It's worth noting that several SF/F authors of note have been committed leftists, if not explicitly Marxists. H.G. Wells was a Fabian; Kim Stanley Robinson is a leftist, and both Ursula Le Guin and Michael Moorcock identify as anarchists. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
