The Great Israeli Science Fiction Novel
In this article, Israeli-American journalist Sheldon Teitelbaum discusses science-fiction in Israel in a review of William Heinemann’s 1959 novel Level Seven. Teitelbaum quotes the following passage from the novel:
“Am I capable, or incapable of pitying other people. Am I, or ami not able to develop a genuine friendship, to love somebody, to care for another person with all my heart? … I do not want to be a monster, and a man without emotions is a monster. What is the difference between me and an electronic brain? It can calculate better, work more efficiently, it makes no mistakes …”
Sheldon Teitelbaum, “The Great Israeli Science Fiction Novel,” Holier Than Thou, ed. Marty Cantor, No.5, January, 1980, Hollywood, California.
A version of this text has been digitized and is available through The FANAC Fan History Project.