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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 5, whole no. 41, December 1939
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FAN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 One observation however is fairly accurate -- he said there would be no war in Western Europe until 1940 (written in 1935). This was because no nation dared war because of fear of its own people's opposition but that the political game and the economic crisis made outbreak inevitable. He also predicts that victor and vanquished governments in this war will be destroyed if either had a hand in its origin. After the war he predicts a coldly scientific order and the institution of an economy of abundance. Democracy, he says will be dead by 190 and a "super-biologic" rule instituted. Eventually individualism will return as we become acclimated to the new social order. His other observations on the state of mankind in this period of scientific reorganization cover the fields of art, family, religion, marriage, etc. It is noticeable throughout that nowhere does he state that he himself desires such a rule or advocate it. He predicts it, often with regret, only because as he sees it the cold facts of observation make any other conclusions implausible. One of his observations is that several years after the outbreak of the European wat, America will suffer economic breakdown and enter upon a period of ruthless fascism. This in turn will break-dwon as the need for scientific management will grow. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FUTURE is a grim book but an exceedingly interesting one. It should be made required reading for such writers as Robert Heinlein and other stf authors who venture into this field of spcial speculation. A few cold facts may make their romancing seem rather weak.
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FAN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 One observation however is fairly accurate -- he said there would be no war in Western Europe until 1940 (written in 1935). This was because no nation dared war because of fear of its own people's opposition but that the political game and the economic crisis made outbreak inevitable. He also predicts that victor and vanquished governments in this war will be destroyed if either had a hand in its origin. After the war he predicts a coldly scientific order and the institution of an economy of abundance. Democracy, he says will be dead by 190 and a "super-biologic" rule instituted. Eventually individualism will return as we become acclimated to the new social order. His other observations on the state of mankind in this period of scientific reorganization cover the fields of art, family, religion, marriage, etc. It is noticeable throughout that nowhere does he state that he himself desires such a rule or advocate it. He predicts it, often with regret, only because as he sees it the cold facts of observation make any other conclusions implausible. One of his observations is that several years after the outbreak of the European wat, America will suffer economic breakdown and enter upon a period of ruthless fascism. This in turn will break-dwon as the need for scientific management will grow. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FUTURE is a grim book but an exceedingly interesting one. It should be made required reading for such writers as Robert Heinlein and other stf authors who venture into this field of spcial speculation. A few cold facts may make their romancing seem rather weak.
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