[ExI] Extropian sf writers

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Sun Jul 24 18:25:26 UTC 2011


2011/7/23 Michael LaTorra <mlatorra at gmail.com>

> As you say, Anders, we could label Stross as a sort of heretic Extropian
> who pokes fun at various transhumanist ideas and obsessions. Greg Egan does
> so to an even greater degree, especially in his novel "Zendegi."
>

The difference, IMHO, is that while Egan has issues at least with the H+
label, its novels and short stories are in fact quite positive about
post-human change. Stross? No way. He *speaks* of transhumanist concepts,
but so do Fukuyama and Kass for that matter.

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Stefano Vaj
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