tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345027683509714220.post661834857144029094..comments2023-03-27T07:32:25.478-07:00Comments on Ideas of an Aspergarian Futurist: Avatars and Surrogates: A new theme in Science-fiction?ZarPaulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10923548883992534673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345027683509714220.post-3924964194472981752009-11-19T14:00:21.885-08:002009-11-19T14:00:21.885-08:00Yeah, well, "popular" science-fiction is...Yeah, well, "popular" science-fiction is completely different from "classic" science-fiction. Hollywood tends to feature whatever they think will attract the most people (and they know most people are stupid).ZarPaulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923548883992534673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345027683509714220.post-4165585350074378712009-11-19T07:59:41.388-08:002009-11-19T07:59:41.388-08:00If you haven't seen it already, io9 points out...If you haven't seen it already, io9 points out how eerily similar Avatar is to Poul Anderson's 'Call me Joe'. <br /><br />http://io9.com/5390226/did-james-cameron-rip-off-poul-andersons-novella<br /><br />I would also like to point you to 'Old Man's War' by John Scalzi. It's rife with the whole surrogates theme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com