Opening the stacks
John D. MacDonald
2 books · 1951–1952 · thriller, crime, mystery, science fiction
Bibliography
Themes
deceptionmoral ambiguitypsychological tensiontechnologyhumanityfuture society
Key Concepts
secret-space-project2dream-reality-blurring2media-censorship2desert-environment1racial-memory1media-saturation1biological-trap1military-civilian-tension1psychological-screening1project-management-responsibility1security-and-sabotage1enclosed-environment1forbidden-knowledge1dreaming-as-rite-of-passage1concept-of-nothingness1isolation-through-knowledge1bureaucratic-obstruction1advanced-propulsion-technology1theoretical-physics-space-frame1political-skepticism1