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From: todd@reed.UUCP (Todd Ellner)
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Subject: Re: Re: Technology, Literature, Scientists, and Engineers
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Date: Sat, 8-Jun-85 02:23:27 EDT
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> This list is ridiculously one sided.  However, that may be mainly because
> there isn't that much good literature out there praising technology.
> Indeed, it would probably seem silly as Vonnegut showed in "Cat's Cradle."
> The only good book that conveys a positive image of technology I can think of
> offhand is Rand's "Anthem."  Anybody out there know of anything other fiction
> that points out (but not necessarily celebrates) the good side of technology?
> 
> 						Mike Sykora

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I don't know if my last posting got through, so please excuse if this is a 
repeat.  Samuel Florman's _The_Existential_Pleasures_of_Engineering_ and
_Blaming_Technology_, while not actually fiction, point out the good, or at
least a realistic, picture of technology.  As I said, they are not fiction
but still very good reading for anyone interested in the issues surrounding
the subject.

                                      Todd Ellner