“Red Team Blues” and the As-You-Know-Bob problem

Created
Thu, 27/04/2023 - 22:17
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Thu, 27/04/2023 - 22:17
I’ve just finished reading Cory Doctorow’s great, fun novel, Red Team Blues, and I’ve been thinking about how well it exemplifies one of the strengths of good science fiction. Back when we ran our seminar on Francis Spufford’s novel, Red Plenty, there was a back-and-forth between Francis and Felix Gilman. As Francis described it post-hoc, […]