Keep Violence In The Mind Where It

The Fatal Error Of Much Science Fiction Has Been To Subscribe To An Optimism Based On The Idea That Revolution, Or A New Gimmick, Or A Bunch Of Strong Men, Or An Invasion Of Aliens, Or The Conquest Of Other Planets, Or The Annihilation Of Half The World--in Short, Pretty Nearly Anything But The Facing Up To The Integral And Irredeemable Nature Of Mankind--can Bring About Utopian Situations. It Is The Old Error Of The Externalization Of Evil.

When Knowledge Becomes Formulated Into A Science, Then It Does Take On A Life Of It's Own, Often Alien To The Human Spirit That Conceived It.

Keep Violence In The Mind Where It Belongs (barefoot In The Head)

Science Fiction Is The Search For A Definition Of Mankind And His Status In The Universe Which Will Stand In Our Advanced But Confused State Of Knowledge (science), And Is Characteristically Cast In The Gothic Or Post Gothic Mode.

What Were Several Fewer Species Of Animals Compared With A Hundred-mile Advance And Another Medal On Another General?