OK. I've been primed for a rant for a few days, and now's the time. >>>https://twitter.com/cirsova/status/1078374299621314561 …
-
Show this thread
-
2/ Once upon a time SF was a continuum. The center of it was libertarian / competence fiction. ...but it shaded into all sorts of other things. Pournelle / Drake mil SF, feminist SF, socialists / communitarian. There were certain clusters, but >>>http://lfs.org/blog/travis-corcorans-acceptance-speech-for-powers-of-the-earth-award/ …
2 replies 2 retweets 16 likesShow this thread -
3/ the thing was a continuum. You could walk stepwise from lesbian left-anarchist fiction like Slow River to left-punk cyberpunk to centrist cyberpunk to centrist space opera to rueful veteran The Forever War to jingoistic right wing mil SF Starship Troopers. And it was good.
1 reply 2 retweets 16 likesShow this thread -
4/ And some time around 2005 or so (exact dates are hard to nail down) the progressive / SJW entryism succeeded. Tor had been headed by left of center people for quite a while, and TNH and her husband made Tor more political. Their blogs ridiculed other POVs.
2 replies 2 retweets 15 likesShow this thread
yes keep reading the thread
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.