3. Hefner & WFB both sold versions of the goodlife. Hefner: mansion, responsible decadence, sport cars, bunnies. WFB: yachting, Bach, GOP.
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4. WFB told story about Swedish diplomat who saw photos of Hefner & WFB, assumed Hefner was responsible conservative & WFB the pornographer
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5. Much of National Review was a form of political pornography: if only the right could take charge we could kick commie ass.
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6. Political fantasies of Nat. Rev. not that different from Playboy's promise that with the right pad you could bag all the bunnies.
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7. Unjustly forgotten novelist D. Keith Man wrote for both Hefner & WFB, appreciated both as editors with taste for good prose.
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8. Hefner & WFB were good talent scouts & gave space to many fine writers (sometimes overlapping like Mano or Theodore Sturgeon).
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@StephenFrug Yep. He was their regular sci-fi reviewer in 1960s1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@StephenFrug Not really -- Sturgeon was slightly libertarian leaning but not too much so.
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