tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126523682465389764.post689569851569209449..comments2024-03-27T23:56:45.818-04:00Comments on The PorPor Books Blog: SF and Fantasy Books 1968 - 1988: Book Review: The Earth Strikes Backtarbanduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08205251855147881113noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126523682465389764.post-78072287375933628942012-07-12T00:36:23.515-04:002012-07-12T00:36:23.515-04:00Haven't read this one but your review has peak...Haven't read this one but your review has peaked my interest. Incidentally it should be Gary A. Braunbeck and not Barry.Casual Debrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098608670682517783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126523682465389764.post-54043808861093279342012-07-08T00:34:11.272-04:002012-07-08T00:34:11.272-04:00BUT, many of the scares produced great fiction -- ...BUT, many of the scares produced great fiction -- especially population scares (which I'm not sure aren't plausible in many areas and currently occurring in others -- China for example).<br /><br />Population -- John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar, Silverberg's The World Inside, etc. Ecological disaster -- John Brunner's The Sheep Look up... all are great works!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126523682465389764.post-82427554283400994272012-07-07T23:28:40.038-04:002012-07-07T23:28:40.038-04:00I've lived through enough of these scares (pop...I've lived through enough of these scares (population, famine, fossil fuel depletion, ice age, global warming, etc.) that the appeal of such stories is roughly zero for me. I shake my head in despair now when the latest and greatest comes along, knowing that in a decade or so, it will be nearly forgotten and a new one will take its place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com