"'I daresay somebody's wishing hard that the Covenant didn't guarantee privacy rights,' Aleka remarked.
"'It was drawn up in another era,' Kenmuir replied... 'I've seen arguments for amending it to fit new conditions.'" (p. 249)
This Covenant is a major echo of Robert Heinlein's Future History where Volumes III and IV show the consequences and aftermath of the Second American Revolution:
"Coventry," where Covenant contravenors are sent;
"Misfit," the resumption of space travel;
Methuselah's Children, the breaking of the Covenant when the Howard Families "come out."
Kenmuir's Covenant rights are violated when he is served a drink containing an artificial virus that multiplies through his bloodstream, tracks his movements and transmits everything that he hears or says to listeners elsewhere.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Yet, again, Anderson was writing from real life! There are actually left wing "liberals" in the US who want to repeal the First and Second Amendments to the US Constitution. They are tired of having to put up with criticism and opposition from Christians, conservatives, and libertarians.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
But were these liberals trying to do this while PA was still alive?
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
No. But he probably read about extreme leftists impatient of the restraints imposed by the US Constitution. And extrapolated from that for his HARVEST books.
Ad astra! Sean
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