From: JDUPRAU at aol.com <JDUPRAU>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 00:57:42 EDT

Stacy writes:

<< The SF books that I've found from the 60s don't really postulate a post-apocalyptic world; their view is more of a Star Trek utopic view, that technology will set us free. >>

There are at least a few books from the sixties and before that do postulate a post-apocalyptic world--On the Beach, for instance, and Earth Abides (George Stewart) and Alas, Babylon (Pat Frank). I think as soon as people understood what nukes could do, they started imagining the end of the world.

I just finished reading Feed, which I thought was quite brilliant--unsettling, grim, and funny at the same time. I think it may be more appreciated by adults than by teens--at least by adults who aren't put off by the language. I checked the reviews on Amazon, which seem to hint at this. A few readers (I assume they're young) seem not to have understood the book at all. Too bad its edginess will keep it out of schools--there's so much in it to discuss.

Jeannie
Received on Fri 23 May 2003 11:57:42 PM CDT