Difference between revisions of "The Magic that Works: John W. Campbell and the American Response to Technology"
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[[Aldiss, Brian W. ]] Rev. ''The Magic that Works: John W. Campbell and the American Response to Technology'' (1993) by [[Berger, Albert I.|Albert I. Berger]]. ''SFRA Review #207'' (Sept./Oct. 1993): 27-29. | [[Aldiss, Brian W. ]] Rev. ''The Magic that Works: John W. Campbell and the American Response to Technology'' (1993) by [[Berger, Albert I.|Albert I. Berger]]. ''SFRA Review #207'' (Sept./Oct. 1993): 27-29. | ||
| − | Argues that Berger's book is less about Campbell (or even ''Astounding'') than about "the ideas and ideology which Campbell espoused, as measured against society's changing attitudes." Berger sees Campbell's great accomplishment in the reconciliation of contradictory responses to technology: love or hate "ebullience and fear"—responses within the S.F. writing community, the USA, and the West at large. Notes switch in Campbell's interests to parapsychology and the psi-power themes that led to the birth, in ''Astounding'' of L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics. See rev. of ''TMTW'' by | + | Argues that Berger's book is less about Campbell (or even ''Astounding'') than about "the ideas and ideology which Campbell espoused, as measured against society's changing attitudes." Berger sees Campbell's great accomplishment in the reconciliation of contradictory responses to technology: love or hate "ebullience and fear"—responses within the S.F. writing community, the USA, and the West at large. Notes switch in Campbell's interests to parapsychology and the psi-power themes that led to the birth, in ''Astounding'' of L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics. See [[The Magic that Works: John W. Campbell and the American Response to Technology (Westfahl)|rev. of ''TMTW'' by Gary Westfahl]]. (RFS, 27/04/95) |
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Revision as of 23:23, 21 May 2019
Aldiss, Brian W. Rev. The Magic that Works: John W. Campbell and the American Response to Technology (1993) by Albert I. Berger. SFRA Review #207 (Sept./Oct. 1993): 27-29.
Argues that Berger's book is less about Campbell (or even Astounding) than about "the ideas and ideology which Campbell espoused, as measured against society's changing attitudes." Berger sees Campbell's great accomplishment in the reconciliation of contradictory responses to technology: love or hate "ebullience and fear"—responses within the S.F. writing community, the USA, and the West at large. Notes switch in Campbell's interests to parapsychology and the psi-power themes that led to the birth, in Astounding of L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics. See rev. of TMTW by Gary Westfahl. (RFS, 27/04/95) }
