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Fiction in the News Articles
Related to material in The Turning Wheel
by Philip K. Dick
Amazing story details a future Detroit whose economy has collapsed, and is being turned into farms. Also, the Eastern concept of passive acceptance of ones fate and the Western idea of self-determination are explored. Highly recommended.
Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:
Rice-Planting Robots Rescue Japanese Farmers
Rice-planting robots help out in the fields.
Prospero, Robotic Farmer
Fascinating new approach to the idea of mechanized agriculture.
Life In Detroit's 'Agrihood' - The First In The U.S.
'countless tiny brown circles in the green fields ...occasional ruins of ancient cities...' - Philip K. Dick, 1954.
FarmBot, Your Personal Robotic Farmer
'A robot farmer was plowing...' - Philip K. Dick, 1954.
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re: Jack Vance
(11/29/2024)
re: Charles Stross
(11/27/2024)
re: Frank Philips
(11/25/2024)
