@HeerJeet Jameson must not have heard of Iain M. Banks, a very notable exception.
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Replying to @goodmanbeaver
@thodler@heerjeet Looked it up: he lumps TREK in with "safe liberal anti-colonialism", opposes it to LeGuin and Lem and the Strugatskys1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @goodmanbeaver
@goodmanbeaver@HeerJeet I think he's right. Still, it is explicitly anti-capitalist, at least TNG on...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @thodler
@thodler@goodmanbeaver But Jameson's most intense interest in SF was 1960s/1970s. I don't think he's kept up much after that.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@goodmanbeaver Then he shouldn't claim "no important utopian fiction since widespread introduction of personal computer"! (1/2)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @thodler
@HeerJeet@goodmanbeaver Seems like exactly when he stopped paying attention. (2/2)3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @thodler
@thodler@goodmanbeaver Yeah, on face of it, Jameson's claim isn't defensible.6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@thodler@goodmanbeaver Can't get anyone to greenlight a review, though.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@hoodedu @thodler @goodmanbeaver Try pitching it to Jacobin -- they're interested in Utopias.
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