Beef

Science fiction is often as much about critiquing contemporary social norms as it is imagining alien futures.  Beef by famed science fiction writer Brian Aldiss is no exception.  For a few more days you can listen to a reading of his short story on the BBC here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ncbx0

The segment is introduced by the author himself.  Beef was published in a collection called Supertoys Last All Summer Long.  The title story from that volume was made into the Steven Spielberg movie A.I.