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The Road to Heaven: Science Fiction and the Militarization
Disch, Thomas M. | May 10, 1986 issue

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For many science fiction writers and fans the perpetuation of a manned space program stands as the central tenet of their faith in mankind's destiny as explorer and colonizer of outer space. The enthusiasm expressed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan for the Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars program, and his ability to translate that enthusiasm into budgetary reality has made both dismissals, of science fiction and of the space program, intellectually indefensible. One of the most remarkable of the post-holocaust fantasies was written by Robert Heinlein in 1964: "Farnham's Freehold," a book that became holy writ to the survivalist movement.

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SCIENCE fiction; REAGAN, Ronald; SPACE sciences; FARNHAM'S Freehold (Book); STRATEGIC Defense Initiative; ADVENTURE stories
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