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From: anarcissie@gmail.com
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Michael Price wrote:
> On Jul 2, 1:01 pm, Anarcissie wrote:
> > David Friedman :
> >
> > > ...
> > > It sounds as though what you remember may not have a very close
> > > connection to what's in the book--not surprising if your memory is based
> > > on reading part of the book a very long time ago. Reardon Metal is
> > > something more than just one more alloy, and I'm not sure what "the
> > > Great Leader is still leading the charge" means.
> >
> > Reardon metal, as I recall, had unusual properties, but
> > it was still just _metal_.
>
> It's a metal hat was at the time (and probably still is) impossible
> with
> then-current technology. Significantly so and the fact that it is so
> forms
> a not-inconsiderable part of the plot. That makes it science-
> fiction. Galt's
> inventions including the motor definitely put it outside "hard" SF but
> it's
> still SF.
For me, the motor is SF. The metal is too close to
home.
> > And having a Gulch residence
> > might be a good thing, since with such a radical
> > change, the existing social order would fall apart,
> > etc.
>
> I don't see why. Sure a lot of people who run oil refineries will
> be out
> of work, but then since power is cheap a lot of people making a whole
> lot of other stuff will be starting up.
A change in the relations of production will cause a
change in political relations. Those who stand to
lose will fight to keep things from changing. Others
will take advantage of the disorder to do further
unpleasant things. It might take a good while for
things to settle down -- in which case it would be nice
to have an out-of-the-way gulch handy.
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