tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post1341482447358083233..comments2024-03-29T15:45:04.867+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Notes on The Woman Who Thought She Was a PlanetJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-75371343374985694862008-12-17T11:02:00.000+05:302008-12-17T11:02:00.000+05:30your description of "Delhi" make it soun...your description of "Delhi" make it sound like a mix of TimeLine + (a story by asimov ) set in indian context .<BR/>thats my problem with science fiction .once you read few of them you get a feeling that same theme is being oresented again and again in everybook. <BR/><BR/><BR/>IMHO a work should be considered to be fiction only when it challenge a basic premise of what we call reality. <BR/><BR/>strange thing about science fiction is that none of them is purely fiction. most of them are attempt of author trying to stretch a research work which is still in primitive stage. that should be classified as futuristic not fiction. because we will be there sooner than most author would like us to believe.<BR/><BR/>I used to think of Matrix as a good example of science fiction only to discover that its a derivative work of "simulacra and Simulation" ,<BR/>"Out of control " & www.simulation-argument.com . <BR/>Its still a cult movie for me and to be fair to wachowski brothers they never hide the fact. there are multiple references to these books in movie itself. <BR/><BR/>PS: I you haven't read "simulacra and Simulation" don't miss it for the world . its available on google books. this is the kind of book with make you shiver.Prashant Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10079032946958487411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-15720562327973333002008-12-08T09:56:00.000+05:302008-12-08T09:56:00.000+05:30Excellent point about Hunger! An extremely well-co...Excellent point about Hunger! An extremely well-conceived story that was, for me, somewhat ruined by the way it ended. <BR/><BR/>I especially loved the bit about the dozen baby mice dying - I love it when parallel universes and lives open up in fiction like this.The Sane Schizophrenichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615924971366941110noreply@blogger.com