tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post5484149938400396850..comments2024-03-09T13:49:30.039+05:30Comments on Variety SF: Italo Calvino's "The Daughters of the Moon" (short story, fantasy, consumerism, free)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-74645305072007366492009-02-19T20:25:00.000+05:302009-02-19T20:25:00.000+05:30"That a consumerist society is not tenable" is obv..."That a consumerist society is not tenable" is obviously a theme, but I'm as clueless about the moral of the story - assuming there is one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-63616087215469578902009-02-18T22:45:00.000+05:302009-02-18T22:45:00.000+05:30What is the overall moral of the story? That a con...What is the overall moral of the story? That a consumerist society is not tenable and will always result in natural extinction? Or that evolution itself is naturally cyclical with humans going back to being mammoths and cities going back to being jungles eventually?<BR/><BR/>I didnt get it. Any thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com