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Hal Draper wrote a short work of science fiction?
He did! And it's actually pretty cute.
But also eerie.
The life we have conferred upon these objects confronts us as something hostile and alien.
Formerly Virgin Molotov Cocktail (11/10/2004 - 21/08/2013)
That sounds wonderful. I might look at it, but what is it about?
Men vanish from earth leaving behind them the furrows they have ploughed. I see the furrow Lenin left sown with the unshatterable seed of a new life for mankind, and cast deep below the rolling tides of storm and lightning, mighty crops for the ages to reap.
~Helen Keller
To despise the enemy strategically is an elementary requirement for a revolutionary. Without the courage to despise the enemy and without daring to win, it will be simply impossible to make revolution and wage a people’s war, let alone to achieve victory. ~Lin Biao
http://commiforum.forumotion.com/
I started reading this and am now hooked since seeing the dystopian future of books (or bx, the new spelling) presented in this work of fiction. But who is Hal Draper?
Dann steigt aus den Trümmern der alten Gesellschaft, Die Sozialistische Weltrepublik!
The Soul of Man under Socialism
He was a founder of the IS in the US and a big influence in Berkeley and theorist of Socialism from Below.
Famous for his essay, The Two Souls of Socialism, and a number of important studies of Marx and politics.
Being dyslexic I thought that this was by Harpal Brar, don't you think that would make it five times better?
Men vanish from earth leaving behind them the furrows they have ploughed. I see the furrow Lenin left sown with the unshatterable seed of a new life for mankind, and cast deep below the rolling tides of storm and lightning, mighty crops for the ages to reap.
~Helen Keller
To despise the enemy strategically is an elementary requirement for a revolutionary. Without the courage to despise the enemy and without daring to win, it will be simply impossible to make revolution and wage a people’s war, let alone to achieve victory. ~Lin Biao
http://commiforum.forumotion.com/
This story appears to have been written in 1961. It has aged quite well!
Dann steigt aus den Trümmern der alten Gesellschaft, Die Sozialistische Weltrepublik!
The Soul of Man under Socialism
Draper was also a librarian. Makes the story make a bit more sense.
