New Under the Sun

Set in the near future, Nancy Kress's story gives us a world increasingly hostile to new ideas as religious fundamentalism dictates social agenda and where the primary use of science is to bolster these very same uncompromising attitudes.

This is a world we can imagine very easily since the author takes us down the sliding slope very gently. Years pass, and attitudes change a little bit here … and a little bit there until the cumulative impact of these cultural changes becomes a thought-cont...