Cherryh's atevi trilogies, is the kind of fine-grained social commentary that SF does so well.Ĭherryh, certainly one of the most capable writers in the genre, also has a gift for examining cultures. What is relevant here, in a discussion of the first of C.J. Kornbluth in such classics as The Space Merchants and Gladiator-At-Law to the moral allegories of J.R.R. There are many examples, ranging from the sharp, Swiftian barbs of Frederik Pohl and C.M. Indeed, satire as a form operates from the same basic question as SF: "What if?" It's been an axiom among devotees of science fiction and fantasy (collectively, SF) since at least the 1950s that the two genres are an ideal format for satire and/or social commentary. Cherryh, Foreigner, Invader, Inheritor, Atevi
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