Literary Precedents for Harvest of Stars

This Study Guide consists of approximately 20 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Harvest of Stars.

Literary Precedents for Harvest of Stars

This Study Guide consists of approximately 20 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Harvest of Stars.
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Harvest of Stars offers several elements that are staples of science fiction—a totalitarian North American government, artificial intelligence, colonization of faraway planets may be found in numerous novels. The predecessor that comes closest to envisioning the society the Avantists try to create is George Orwell's 1984 (1949; see separate entry), which depicts a society in which people's lives are controlled from birth to death by leaders similar to Enrique Sayre—any lie, any cruelty is justified if it serves the party. Colossus (1966) by D. F. Jones offers an account of how the world may be taken over by artificial intelligence; in its case, a sentient computer that controls America's nuclear weapons unites with a Soviet version and takes over control of the world. It is not a happy place for human beings. John Varley frequently features the interaction of artificial intelligence and human beings, particularly...

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