Author Topic: How books affect society (Read 389 times)

JoOwEn · « **on:** July 22, 2004, 11:27:40 AM »

Well books are entertaining and they add to our knowledge and enrich our brains. However books are also powerfull and its been shown that through history books have influenced society and affected its outcome. With the industrial revolution, science fiction books have predicted future events and tangable outcomes. Some examples, HG Wells war of the worlds, Asimovs sattelites. Any other examples. Does anybody have any other examples?

JoOwEn · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2004, 11:30:28 AM »

Oh yeah, we are at war now fundamentaly because of a book.

Curval · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2004, 11:31:47 AM »

Mein Kampf

xrtoronto · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2004, 11:33:39 AM »

"Everything you wanted to know about sex; but were afraid to ask"

JoOwEn · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2004, 11:50:31 AM »

Off on a tangent here but it has been shown through history that methods of censorship is mind control. When societies destroy content and writings, they attempt to censor. The results are usually negative. Germans did it, Chinese history is full of censorship, etc... History also shows that after censorship is complete, starvation is the next step in mind control.

straffo · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2004, 11:53:03 AM »

no one though of the Bible ?

Charon · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2004, 02:28:08 PM »

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Asimovs sattelites

That was Arthur C. Clarke. And I think he just developed that (geosynchronous orbit communications sattelites) in a paper or magazine article and not as a work of science fiction, though I could be wrong.

Charon

slimm50 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2004, 02:29:40 PM »

mosgood · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2004, 03:34:57 PM »

Anyone read "Where the red fern grows" as a kid?

I remember bawling my eyes out when those dogs died.