In The Time Machine, Victorian class division becomes devolution into Morlocks and Eloi whereas, in Poul Anderson's Maurai History and There Will Be Time, nuclear war in the Northern Hemisphere causes a shift of political power to the Southern Hemisphere.
In Robert Heinlein's Future History, DD Harriman lives underground as a precaution against nuclear attack whereas, in Anderson's Genesis, Laurinda Ashcroft lives underground for ecological reasons.
In James Blish's A Case Of Conscience, not just rich individuals like Harriman but entire populations live permanently underground in Shelter cities.
I trust that these five examples:
Wells
Anderson (2)
Heinlein
Blish
- make their point in this midnight post.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteThere's also Asimov's THE CAVES OF STEEL, where we see Earth's population living in enclosed cities.
Ad astra! Sean