Wirt, you wrote:

> If you focus on the gizmos in 1984, you've missed the point. Science fiction
> is rarely about science; most normally the best of the genre are simple
> morality plays placed in an alternate "reality".
[snip]

I think you have missed my point. Regardless whether you over
simplistically label science fiction books as morality plays, any
open-minded person would find value and validity in some of the
imaginative and revolutionary scientific concepts portrayed in some of
the books.
Read some Robert Forward, Larry Niven, Alfred Bester to name a few...
Don't let your scientific blinkers blind you to their contribution.

Cheers,

John Dunlop

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