nostr:npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7 nostr:npub1qldaz7drlqxh22rfl8cnwdngt2lw0s7ryz6973ufzpmym8sau3lqx63r2n ...So the core is that he doesn't critically think about sci-fi, not that the sci-fi was read.

I'm reminded of Starship Troopers - the book was, as I understand, heavily fascist, and the movie was intended to be a satire of fascist propaganda. As people have since noted, it apparently took a while for it to be identified as such, but... apparently the movie writer had critically thought about the book they were translating to film.