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(DIR) Post #AnAcMBjMu1h587XN20 by SFRuminations@wandering.shop
2024-10-13T18:58:07Z
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Three SF short stories on organized labor in the future! Philip K. Dick’s “Stand-By” (variant title: “Top Stand-By Job”) (1963), Milton Lesser’s “Do It Yourself” (1957), and H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire’s “Hunter Patrol” (1959) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/10/13/short-story-reviews-phillip-k-dicks-stand-by-variant-title-top-stand-by-job-1963-milton-lessers-do-it-yourself-1957-and-h-beam-piper-and-john-j-mcguires-hunter-patrol/#scifi #sciencefiction #magazines #stories
(DIR) Post #AnAcMCwAPvWes6X6cS by SFRuminations@wandering.shop
2024-10-14T00:01:10Z
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Philip K. Dick’s “Stand-By” (1963) satirizes unions and the media in a post-scarcity world but tentatively suggests conflict between both might lead to the overthrow of a ruling computer and the eventual reemergence of democracy. #scifi #sciencefiction #magazines #stories
(DIR) Post #AnAcMDygY38O6CidBQ by SFRuminations@wandering.shop
2024-10-14T00:02:20Z
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Milton Lesser's "Do It Yourself" (1957), one of only a handful unabashedly positive accounts on unions in the 50s, imagines a post-apocalyptic future in which the American individualist ethos reigns supreme. While banned and publicly ridiculed, a union secretly sends out agents to facilitate the rebuilding project. #scifi #sciencefiction #magazines #stories
(DIR) Post #AnAcMEWiVWM9nkdoEC by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-10-19T16:52:37.440046Z
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@SFRuminations unions are parasites
(DIR) Post #AnAcMIy9zQgXa1VmYi by SFRuminations@wandering.shop
2024-10-14T01:31:15Z
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And in H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire’s “Hunter Patrol” (1959), a ragtag group of disaffected, including a union man (an object of jest), attempt to recruit a soldier from earlier in time to overthrow a dictator. #scifi #sciencefiction #magazines #stories