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|'''[[Philip K. Dick]]'''}}
{{quote|''A science fiction writer may have, and often does have, other motivations in addition to pursuit of profit. He may wish to create "art for art's sake," he may want to warn the world against a course he feels disastrous ([[George Orwell|Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four
|'''[[Robert A. Heinlein]]''', "Pandora's Box"}}
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|[[David Brin]]|'[https://web.archive.org/web/20120130010946/http%3A//www.salon.com/1999/06/15/brin_main/singleton "Star Wars" despots vs. "Star Trek" populists'], salon.com, June 15, 1999}}
{{quote|''As for the literary elite, postmodernists despise [[science fiction]] because of the word "science," while their older colleagues — steeped in Aristotle’s "[[Poetics]]" — find anathema the underlying assumption behind most high-quality SF: the bold assertion that there are no "eternal human verities." Things change, and change can be fascinating. Moreover, our children might outgrow us! They may become better, or learn from our mistakes and not repeat them. And if they don’t learn, ''that'' could be a riveting tragedy far exceeding Aristotle’s cramped and myopic definition. "[[On the Beach]]," "[[Soylent Green]]" and "[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]" plumbed frightening depths. "[[Brave New World]]," "[[The Screwfly Solution]]" and "[[Fahrenheit 451]]" posed worrying questions. In contrast, "[[Oedipus Rex]]" is about as interesting as watching a hooked fish thrash futilely at the end of a line. You just want to put the poor doomed King of Thebes out of his misery — and find a way to punish his tormentors.
|[[David Brin]]|'[https://web.archive.org/web/20120130010946/http%3A//www.salon.com/1999/06/15/brin_main/singleton "Star Wars" despots vs. "Star Trek" populists'], salon.com, June 15, 1999}}
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