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* In ''[[The Avatar Chronicles|Epic]]'', the [[An Aesop|Aesop]] is that you shouldn't get so involved in virtual worlds that you don't do things that need to be done in the real world. However, you can't deny that the game Epic would be ''freaking awesome'' if it were real. And the idea that doing well in video games = getting a good education and being rich is an appealing one to gamers out there.
* Robert Heinlein ''intended'' the message of ''Podkayne of Mars'' to be that parents should take better care of their children and not let them go gallivanting around the Solar System getting involved in espionage intrigues and having awesome adventures and ultimately being heroes by saving an entire planet from a villainous plot . . . because that would be wrong. Or something.
** That's [[Executive Meddling]]. The original version, which his editor forced him to change before publication, has Podkayne dying at the end and not heroically either. That would logically be a tad off-putting to anyone else imagining themselves along her career path.
* If ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is meant to be a condemnation of reality TV culture... well, all the action that the in-universe audience is revelling in is the same stuff that we're enjoying as readers. We are supposed at once to feel contemptuous of the audience for lapping up the romance presented to them betwen Katniss and Peeta but also care about the same romance as readers. While no one at this point would wish for death-based reality tv shows (probably), there are many Hunger Games fans who would love to see a non-lethal version of the Games brought to reality.
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