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| − | Clarke, Arthur C. "The Parasite." ''Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader''. New York: Avon, 1953. ''The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke.'' London: Gollancz, 2001.[http://arthur-clarke-fansite.blogspot.com/2007/05/collected-stories-of-arthur-c-clarke.html][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collected_Stories_of_Arthur_C._Clarke] Discussed briefly in Stephen Baxter's "[[The Technology of Omniscience: Past Viewers in Science Fiction]]," our initial source for this entry. | + | '''Clarke, Arthur C. "The Parasite."''' ''Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader''. New York: Avon, 1953. ''The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke.'' London: Gollancz, 2001.[http://arthur-clarke-fansite.blogspot.com/2007/05/collected-stories-of-arthur-c-clarke.html][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collected_Stories_of_Arthur_C._Clarke] Discussed briefly in Stephen Baxter's "[[The Technology of Omniscience: Past Viewers in Science Fiction]]," our initial source for this entry. |
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Sufficient surveillance by a visitor from a decadent far-future to drive the protagonist to suicide (Baxter p. 102). Relevant if/insofar as the "'haunting'" of the man from our time is achieved by something paranormal or technological[http://arthur-clarke-fansite.blogspot.com/2007/04/parasite-paranormal-weird-obviously.html] — or raises the issue classically formulated by Clarke of a sufficiently-advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic. | Sufficient surveillance by a visitor from a decadent far-future to drive the protagonist to suicide (Baxter p. 102). Relevant if/insofar as the "'haunting'" of the man from our time is achieved by something paranormal or technological[http://arthur-clarke-fansite.blogspot.com/2007/04/parasite-paranormal-weird-obviously.html] — or raises the issue classically formulated by Clarke of a sufficiently-advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:47, 19 March 2019
Clarke, Arthur C. "The Parasite." Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader. New York: Avon, 1953. The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke. London: Gollancz, 2001.[1][2] Discussed briefly in Stephen Baxter's "The Technology of Omniscience: Past Viewers in Science Fiction," our initial source for this entry.
Sufficient surveillance by a visitor from a decadent far-future to drive the protagonist to suicide (Baxter p. 102). Relevant if/insofar as the "'haunting'" of the man from our time is achieved by something paranormal or technological[3] — or raises the issue classically formulated by Clarke of a sufficiently-advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic.
RDE, Initial Compiler, 19Mar19
