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ANALYSIS OF FIVE STORIES.
THE HANDLER by DAMON KNIGHT.
THE SELF AS PERFORMANCE. Pete performs on a stage. Harry performs from inside of Pete. Thus Pete’s performances are performances to the second degree (performances of performances). Harry is dissatisfied with this situation, yet the world refuses to accept him for his true self. Pete is the persona that Harry adopts to fit in.
ALPHA RALPHA BOULEVARD by CORDWAINER SMITH.
PEOPLE AS MACHINES. To escape their routine, mechanical lives, citizens of a perfect world recreate the imperfect past for its unpredictability and excitement. Nevertheless, humans become more like robots than ever before – they are programmed with thought, emotion, even language. What good is life if it is programmed? FATE VERSUS FREE WILL. The characters are spiritually detached. They follow a STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN towards the godlike, omniscient Abba Dingo. They hope that it will inform their lives with purpose or meaning, but its predictions are hollow, mechanical, and ultimately meaningless – just like the people who created it in the first place.
GOOD NEWS FROM THE VATICAN by ROBERT SILVERBERG.
MATTERS OF SPIRITUALITY. A robotic pope is elected, yet everyone overlooks the most important question – how can a machine, a casing of nuts and bolts, have any conception of spirituality? Isn’t the God of the machine, the one who created it and gave it a purpose via programming, the humans themselves?
MAKING IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE FUTURE ON GAXTON FALLS OF THE RED PLANET by BARRY N. MALZBERG.
SPECULATION. An alternate future, in which Nixon hadn’t nixed NASA’s plans for a moon base (construction to begin in the late 1970s) and a manned expedition to Mars (targeted for the early 1980s). MOBIUS STRIP. The result is a circular story in which protagonist becomes antagonist – realities become subverted once again. But does it really mean anything?
FROZEN JOURNEY by PHILIP K. DICK.
SUBCONSCIOUS. Just like his first house, Victor’s life has a rotten foundation – repressed boyhood guilt leaks out from his subconscious. Memories diffuse into one another, remorse and shame hover constantly at the edge of his consciousness. FROZEN JOURNEY. Even when he has finally arrived at his destination, Victor’s mind is still on the ship, frozen there, like a bee trapped in a web, on a journey that (for him) will never end.
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I like reading your posts. They’re creative and accurate, sometimes a hard balance. Your analysis of the characters is spot on. I’d honestly forgotten they were people when I read it. That they could have things gion on INSIDE as well as outside. Thank you for reminding me. Helluva good post.
Alpha Ralpha may be more spiritually based then i first realized. stairway to heaven (nice of you to point this out)….
First, thank goodness for the translation in the comments!
I also wanted to say I think what you said about the robot pope is spot on! “how can a machine, a casing of nuts and bolts, have any conception of spirituality” is a very good question. I for one don’t think a robot is capable of that.
I think you’re all a little too hard on poor ol’ Robo-Pope; I’d still like to see it. That was the best!