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A musing on the destructive nature of government power

February 07, 2012 | By BRIAN HODGES

Good science fiction bends expectations in a way that encourages us to reexamine the way we think about things.  This morning, I finished Zero History, a noire thriller from science fiction great William Gibson (inventor of the term “cyberspace”).  While primarily focused on the tension between cutting edge and mainstream culture in a ...

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Summer reading : Harmony and the soft tyranny of paternalism

June 28, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brian T. Hodges The Japanese science fiction novel Harmony, by Project Itoh, is a timely cautionary tale about the struggle between individuality and government control.  Itoh shares his intricate and multi-layered vision of a world in the not-too-distant future where much of the population has been lost to disease and war.  Adv ...