If I Forget Thee, O Earth . . . | Style

Science Fiction
‘‘‘If I Forget Thee, O Earth . . . ’’’ takes place in the future, when humanity possesses technology that is greater than that in Clarke’s time. Future scenarios are one of the hallmarks of many science fiction works. In some cases, as in this one, science fiction writers create their version of the future by extrapolating current technologies to a logical conclusion. For example, when the story was published in 1951, the United States and the [former] Soviet Union were just beginning to launch their space programs. And the moon, earth’s...

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