Date: 18 Nov 96 12:10:30 EST
From: Alan Shapiro <100143.1302-AT-compuserve.com>
Subject: science fiction


Douglas,

In jedem Fall (Dativ).

So we are really not so far apart. I agree with you about "good SF and
pataphysical ST". But it could also be cinema or "art" or roller coaster design,
not just science fiction or social theory. Or, what I'm working on, casino
gambling strategies or software development. As far as your "defi", I'll have to
think about it, I'm ambivalent about trying to articulate what "fatal theory"
is, I think such a project might be a "recuperation" of Baudrillard. Et en plus,
I'm really not a writer. But, just to say it again, I think Baudrillard himself
does a better job in "Le Crime parfait" of explaining what "fatal theory" is
than he did in "Les Strategies fatales".

Alan