![]() ![]() ![]() In “The Matrix,” which was both a popular and a critical success, the current anxiety about the exploitation of man under hypercapitalism and the penetration of computers into all aspects of our lives is given vivid expression. Of course, the best science fiction performs both tasks at once. The second is closer to a game or a fantasy. The first tendency could be called satire or social commentary or prophecy. The second is to invent an alternate state of affairs, some suspension of the usual laws of earthly existence, and to follow this radical change to its logical end. The first is to find a worrisome tendency in present life, and to exaggerate it by projecting it into the future. Science fiction does two distinct and often antithetical things. “The Age of Miracles” by Karen Thompson Walker (Random House) Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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