Isaac Asimov created a series of science fiction short stories and novels presenting the relationship between humans and machines in a more positive light. Students might enjoy reading his I, Robot (1952), Robots and Empire (1985), or The Complete Robot: Selected Stories (1992).
Robert Heinlein is another important mid-twentieth-century writer of speculative fiction. His classic Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) has achieved near-cult status with science fiction fans. Farnham's Freehold (1964) presents another vision of a post-apocalyptic world, while Time Enough for Love follows a main character, Lazarus Long, who is nearly immortal.
Psychologist B. F. Skinner's famous utopian novel Walden Two (1948) offers.....
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