tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post7100601261164737621..comments2023-09-11T08:32:39.024-05:00Comments on SFF Masterworks: SF Masterworks #11: Olaf Stapledon, Last and First MenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-4804773895212957962011-10-22T23:05:02.602-05:002011-10-22T23:05:02.602-05:00This is one of the few stories on your blog I'...This is one of the few stories on your blog I've read. I'd been looking for some very out of the gamut stories. The thing I'm wondering about is Neptune. Back in the 1930's, I'm guessing that it wasn't known it was a gas planet? It leaves me very perplexed.<br /><br />Reading this book, and after it, Starmaker, has completely changed my perspective on science fiction. And it's caused me to wonder more about how other possible life forms and their experiences. One unrelated idea I'd had since taking an anthropology course was whether there's a certain point in evolution where species might have to die out simply because of evolutionary baggage.<br /><br />Personally, I'm less of a reader than a fan of animated films, and I wish that the format would be used to expand the boundaries of storytelling in places not reached by books due to the descriptive limitations of language. Particularly, involving other animals and beings, whether fictional or real.<br /><br />I think that the tendency of stories to focus on human beings is unfortunate, though obviously we need the bias to some degree. I think personally that science fiction ought to be about life beyond people and that fantasy ought to pick up where science fiction leaves off.GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060736362111492822noreply@blogger.com