Brown Shoes?

[northernexposure]

Looking for an old sf story. I remeber it as named Brown Shoes, but I could be wrong. A man and woman, hippies, are leading a hippy life style, when the man has a realization about a technology that would bring cheap or free power to the world. He becomes a suit-wearing member of society, puts his ideas in motion, and the world becomes a much better place. The woman, remaining a hippy, never understands why he stopped the lifestyle.

 

[johnnyjet]

There was an old sf story called "Brownshoes" by Theodore Sturgeon. Can't remember the plot, but this could be it.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

The erudite johnnyjet is correct. The plot sounded familiar to me but not the title. That's because I read it under its alternate title "The Man Who Learned Loving."

It's been reprinted many times:

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?45046

 

[johnnyjet]

Erudite? Well, thanks, Victoria. But now that you mention its alternate title, I remember reading that version first myself. Sturgeon was one of my favorite authors and one of my inspirations to write.

 

[northernexposure]

Great! Thank you. I wanted to use it in a paper I am writing regarding the long view of ethics. I appreciate your memories and research.

 

[Matteo]

As much as I read "Book Search" to try and answer some queries (being occasionally successful), I find myself thinking of it under its alternative title "Book Recommendations"

 

[monkeypooper]

Same here, I love to help when I can but, also use this section for recomendations so, I check daily.



(Edit) Wow thats a lot of daily checks 12/04/2011 I joined. (UK calendar or as I like to call it the proper way)