Maybe this desire was inspired by the actual horrors of WWII or the dreaded fears of Doomsday felt during the Cold War. I say that because many science fiction stories from the 1940s and 1950s were about breaking on through to the next stage of human existence. could be considered the Ralph Waldo Emerson of a 20th century transcendentalism, but we call it science fiction. “Desertion” is the perfect story to make my case that 1940s science fiction was often about the next evolutionary step for our species. If you haven’t read the stories please go read them now because I need to write about the details of each to make my point and that will give away major spoilers. “ Desertion” was published in the November 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, and “ Paradise” in the June 1946 issue. They are also the middle stories from the classic science fiction fix-up novel City. “Desertion” and its sequel “Paradise” are from the 1940s, the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction. Story #16 of 107: “Desertion” by Clifford D. Group Read 27: The Big Book of Science Fiction
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