[Livfreeordi]

I'm old enough to rememeber watching the original Twilight Zone series in its original black and white in its first run. It was a ritual when i was ten years old to stay up late on the night when it was on to see an original episode.

Serling may have been a liberal...but you wouldn't know it by the message of many of his episodes.

That being said, I was always, as long as I can remember, a fan of science fiction and fantasy.

I consider "Lord of the Rings" one of the greatest works of fantasy..and of literature.. of the 20th century.

In his heart, J.R.R. Tolkien was obviously one of us. Even some leftist critics acknowledge that..by engaging in attacks on his work ..as an essentially..conservative work.

Other obviously conservative sceince fiction writers over the years?

The libertarian-minded Robert A. Heinlein ( Starship Troopers, the Moon is a Harsh Mistress), Poul Anderson and Theodore Sturgeon (if the short story "Helping hand" isn't a story with a conservative message, I don't know what is!)

[Beth]

"Other obviously conservative sceince fiction writers over the years?"

It had been several years since I read them, but CS Lewis's Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength came to my mind. Maybe other Freepers can say more, but I remember these three works as having insightful, moral lessons.

[Interesting Times]

Other obviously conservative sceince fiction writers over the years?

The incomparable Jack Vance.

[MikalM]

The libertarian-minded Robert A. Heinlein ( Starship Troopers, the Moon is a Harsh Mistress),

Remember, Heinlein also penned Stranger in a Strange Land, which was a HUGE influence on the Hippie culture, especially in its endorsement of casual nudity and group sex. It's still a big seller among "polyamory" and alternative-lifestyle types...

[Tribune7]

Russell Kirk was about as famous for his horror stories as he was for "A Conservative Mind"