The short story "Repent, Harlequin!" said the Ticktockman By Harlan Ellison is in my opinion less like our class definition of sci-fi just because the whole society has changed. We are in a society in which change is accepted and we understand that things come up and you will be late once in a while, but in this time there is absolutely no leeway if you are late.
Some extrapolations in this story are slidewalks, air boats, cardio plates and a-grav plates. He also uses extrapolations to describe this future society in which personalities have been filtered out and schedules and order rule every one's life. The government is so powerful that it can just turn people off.
I didn't really enjoy this piece too much because it was seemed too wordy and wandering to me. It never really sped up, had a strong climax or a dynamic between the characters that you could relate to and it never really hooked me as a reader. I did like the ending, however, because ultimately the main character really did finally make a difference.
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