New
Wave SF beginning in the 60s and 70s hits on the following themes. Some
of the authors: Michael Moorcock, J.G. Ballard, M. John Harrison, Brian
Aldiss, Christopher Priest from England and Philip K. Dick, Samuel R.
Delany, Thomas M. Disch, Norman Spinrad and Harlan Ellison from the US.
1. mind-altering drugs
2. Eastern religions
3. inner space
4. question the meaning of sanity
5. marked interest in sex and sexuality
6. interest in Pop Art and Surrealism
7. pessimistic about future
8. disaster caused by overpopulation
9. disaster caused by messing with the planet's ecology
10. disaster caused by nuclear war
11. cynical about politics
12. fluidity of our five senses
13. true art is incomprehensible
14. mind screwing
15. SF & fantasy
16. SF & literary writing
17. question the nature of reality
18. social sciences rather than hard sciences, especially physics
19. interest in mass media, especially TV
20. metafiction - speak directly to the reader
21. focus on madness
22. attack on traditional Judeo-Christian religion
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