Posted on 01/25/2011 9:58:28 AM PST by Kaslin
Any group of profession writers will have a preponderance of leftists. That's the way it is.
But an awful lot of libertarians are or were SF nerds, so there's definitely something else going on in the genre. Any group that took -- and takes -- Robert Heinlein so much to heart, isn't uniformly liberal.
Science fiction is one place where individualistic ideas of doing without government and bureaucracy have taken root. That may not be conservative, but it certainly is libertarian.
But I wouldn't say that the SF world is getting more conservative. It's more that older liberal and radical ideas got stale. Fans will get bored with conservative or libertarian tendencies in time and look for something else.
That's probably why some writers latched on to global warming or climate change theories; not so much ideological commitment, as something new to write about.
You need to reread the post.
He is not a freeper
Are you sure, I just checked his home page and it sure looks like he is a freeper.
I’ve read Starship Troopers; enjoyed it immensely.
As noted by a few others, Baen Books tend towards the Conservative/Libertarian philosophy. If anyone wants to sample some of their stuff, I highly recommend http://baen.com/library/ , which is a free library of many of the books.
My interest was aroused by the title of the posted article. I read it and noticed the blogger's credentials and the quality of the site. I was glad for the opportunity to post my opinion.
Sorry you didn't like my post.
That's because EE Knight is a FReeper. Or at least he was a couple of years ago.
If he is, was, or never was a freeper, it's still a good series of books.
Dang, I hate when I do that
I read things wrong, sorry bout that
I mean I know the Twilight movies practically ruined Vampires for a generation, but this is quite different take. And well worth it. Have a good one!
Yeah, this ain’t your Sister’s puppy dog eyed vampire.
Might have to seek out some Pournelle solo work...I highly recommend "High Justice" (if you can find a copy), and "King David's Spaceship".
Oh yeah, it's way neat. I always do my best to add to the bottom line. :-)
And of course I read voraciously, so it helps. :-)
I’ve been reading Pournelle for more than 30 years. He’s very much an old-school conservative. He is about the only person who was against going into Iraq from the beginning who I respect, and his alternative program made a lot of sense.
He still writes what was arguably the first blog on the Internet, though he didn’t call it that (he hates the word), and I still know of none better.
Highly recommended reading. It’s a great current events overview. There are two pages you need to hit, the Current View, and the Mail from his readers.
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/view/currentview.html
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/mail/currentmail.html
By the way, I am a Platinum subscriber to Pournelle, and I’m a monthly contributor here. These are the only two sites I regularly contribute to directly. That ought to tell you something about the high regard in which I hold his site. Like FR, it is not a pretty site, but it is quality information (and even wisdom) dense.
love to know how many of the Bar-Flies are Freepers and the screen.
Personally, I think the writer is just going to the “right” place – Baen Books. There is plenty of lefty, eco-catastrophic SF out on the market, you just won’t find any of it published by Baen (THANK YOU, Terri Weisskopf!).
A long time ago, at Dragon Con IIRC, Robert Adams told a us a tale at a panel:
Being badly hung-over from the previous night of drinking, he came into a morning panel and said something to the effect of “Isn’t it pity that we spend more effort improving breeds of cattle than we do improving the human race.”
The fans took over from there and he took a nap.
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