Science fiction has always had a dark side. There has been a touch of the irrational and absurd in the genre from the very beginning.

If life is a video game, then most of us have no chance of winning, if by winning you mean succeeding in a quest or saving a princess.

What we want is a social harmony, even as we live in a world where any idea about the real thing is as likely to evoke the ancient memory of an advertisement for a soda pop as anything solid or necessary.

Science fiction has always had a dark side. There has been a touch of the irrational and absurd in the genre from the very beginning.