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    JojiMyers: Maybe if "Behold the Man" by Michael Moorcock (please someone engineer a large key wireless keyboard for him) is not science fiction, but fact, then s... more »
    shrubrod: Where did you read about Churchill getting the trench warfare device idea from Wells? I think I know what you're talking about; Churchill mentions it ... more »
    Heresiarch: Nolan would go on to found the US Libertarian Party, and to this day the party uses works of science fiction to illustrate its objectives and values. ... more »
    Meirelle: I had to read "Looking Backward" in my Utopia/Dystopia class in college. It was terrible. I try to forget about it. more »
    RAHfanboy: Great post! more »
    ♠ Final ♠: China Syndrome more »
    Pope John Peeps II: What about Zamyatin's "We"? It's a pretty landmark work. I'm surprised it's not here. And you have it ABSOLUTELY wrong on Heinlein. He wrote Strangers... more »
    okeribok: Nice post! more »
    Sproing: Why does SF have such deep interaction with conservative political thought? Is it because so much of the literature deals with threats to the status q... more »
    James7344: An interesting list, but works of SF have influenced politics in other way.Cautionary tales have also affected politics, by demonizing some movements ... more »
    Dormouse: Corporate Tool: This is how you take about politics on a sci-fi site. I approve. Although I have to say, as an anarchist/libertarian I find some of Heinlein's work a ... more »
    njudah: I remember reading "Ecotopia" when I was in college at the hippie college, and bought a copy for 50 cents at the used bookstore and finding it mildly ... more »
    HerrIssyvoo: Another one for the list: John Brunner, particularly The Sheep Look Up. Wasn't he also involved in the creation of the peace sign? more »
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    Science Fiction That Caused Political Change