Drug Themes in Science Fiction
Author(s): Robert Silverberg
Genre(s): Reference
Narrators: Ben Tucker
Number of Chapters: 5
Length: 01 hour and 29 minutes
Language: English
Science fiction is more often a reflection of existing societal trends than a prediction of trends to come. The upsurge in drug use is precisely mirrored by the upsurge in the use of such themes in science fiction. Science fiction is as much a guide to where we are as it is a vision of where we are going. A literature so popular with the young, commanding so intense and devoted a following, can be of significant value in revealing the patterns contemporary society is taking and will take in the years just ahead. - Summary by Robert Silverberg, from Introduction
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The audiobook Drug Themes in Science Fiction falls under the genres of Reference. It is written by Robert Silverberg.