tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post1317475672618615325..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: Podcast of the Week: Science Fiction, Liberty, and DystopiaStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-22566148048786409412017-03-16T16:13:52.819-05:002017-03-16T16:13:52.819-05:00I'll see if I can put a decent list together o...I'll see if I can put a decent list together of political SF.... [muses]CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-60065503024025768822017-03-16T15:37:46.713-05:002017-03-16T15:37:46.713-05:00Mudpuddle,
But, don't forget that some exagge...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />But, don't forget that some exaggeration is good for the soul.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-40001818012058991612017-03-16T12:04:19.008-05:002017-03-16T12:04:19.008-05:00of course you are correct; i tend to exaggerate a...of course you are correct; i tend to exaggerate at times, i know...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-80851405386254627432017-03-16T10:49:44.542-05:002017-03-16T10:49:44.542-05:00Heinlein was an intriguing mix of political and so...Heinlein was an intriguing mix of political and social philosophies. He was also ex-Navy, having graduated from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1929. Unfortunately, he developed TB and was discharged from the Navy in 1934. <br /><br />I never saw him as in the far right, but closer in many respects to the libertarians. I think his ideal hero was the self-reliant, independent person, scornful of government (except the military), large corporations, and religious and political groupings of all flavorings. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-57842496659681453712017-03-15T22:06:18.973-05:002017-03-15T22:06:18.973-05:00Heinlein was an absolute anti-communist, but I don...Heinlein was an absolute anti-communist, but I don't know much the Birchers would have appreciated his political philosophy as expressed in books like "Moon is a Harsh Mistress". Of course, having matured amid WW2 and the Cold War, he was far more of an advocate of the military than ***any**** libertarian today..Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-59754916775798249922017-03-15T17:48:39.995-05:002017-03-15T17:48:39.995-05:00and then there was Heinlein, a genuine John Birche...and then there was Heinlein, a genuine John Bircher, just to balance the mix...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-33518532135973052492017-03-15T16:37:21.337-05:002017-03-15T16:37:21.337-05:00Politics of all flavours features quite a lot in m...Politics of all flavours features quite a lot in most SF - sometimes rather blatant, often quite subtle. There's lots of Eco-SF and Feminist SF out there (for example) and, as you rightly pointed out, there's a strong tradition of both Libertarian and Anarchist/Socialist writings too. CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com