1. There is something about the political controversy over the Hugo Awards that is confusing me. #SadPuppies
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5. Some literary science fiction is left wing (Le Guin, Delany). But very conservative writers can also write literary s.f.
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6. Gene Wolfe, RA Lafferty, Jack Vance and Robert Silverberg are all right wing, yet they all write (or wrote) s.f. with literary ambitions.
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@HeerJeet At this particular moment, political morality has been conflated with aesthetic qualityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@heerjeet I noticed this a while ago. It reminded me of CP Snow’s Two Cultures. -
@heerjeet Also, sci-fi fandom has always had an awkward relationship with literary quality. … - Show replies
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@HeerJeet because they're operating from the same old know nothing rightwing culture war templateThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 2 justify their movement they must paint the offenders as artistically unworthy. Therefore "literary" as in "pretentious." Maybe?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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