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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!DIALix!bongo
  2. From: bongo@DIALix.oz.au (John Bongiovanni)
  3. Newsgroups: aus.sf
  4. Subject: Re: Political Science Fiction
  5. Date: 9 Jan 1993 14:20:53 +0800
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  13. Certainly the politics found in science fiction isn't going to be
  14. conservative or reactionary. Almost by definition, science fiction
  15. has to have a positive, forward-looking outlook. When it doesn't,
  16. it's usually a "dystopia" or "cautionary tale", like "Brave New World".
  17.