Weekend Reading 2020 10-31
Flight to Substack Edition: US Civil Unrest, Russian Near-Abroad Aflame, New Intellectuals, Ernst Jünger, BTK Killer
The 1950s was the Golden Era of Science Fiction. An ascendant America was turning its gaze to the stars as it competed with the Soviet Union to race into Space. This genre produced a wealth of works that, like all Science Fiction, dealt with the present and its problems, their causes, and potential solutions. One particular example is Science Fiction…