“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” — Joan Didion
Yes, we do.
" 'Desertion' is the perfect story to make my case
that 1940s science fiction was often about the next
evolutionary step for our species." — James Wallace Harris, 9/18/21
From https://classicsofsciencefiction.com on Sept. 18, 2021 —
In “Paradise,” the mutants are that superior species,
ones who are waiting for normal humans to get their
act together. Mutants arrange for Tyler Webster
to get a kaleidoscope that will trick his brain into
opening its higher functionality. The kaleidoscope
is like the toys from the future in “Mimsy Were the
Borogoves” that trigger evolution in normal human
children.
See as well Mimsy and Kaleidoscope in this journal.