-----Original Message----- From: snitsnat <snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com>
>There was a thread on another list (techs/geeks/hackers) recently, someone
asking, "What's good sf?" The basic gist of the replies was that everything
up to _Number of the Beast_ is great, everything after that sucks b/c he
started weaving 'social politics' into his work.
That's an interesting opinion that I've never heard. By interesting I mean "how the hell did they come up with that?" My only guess is that it's an average view from the list--similar to the statistician taking target practice. If they're confusing _The Number of the Beast_ with _The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress_ (more significant to the development of right-wing ideology in literature in the US than Ayn Rand's novels? Well, duh, of course), then the opinion makes more sense and is not uncommon.
>Plus, a few of the
respondents said that he got really bad after he moved to Malta and
revealed a tolerant attitude toward gays.
There's a joke there I'm missing. There must be, or some confusion on the part of the part of those respondents.
Betting on the confusion,
John A
P.S. You might ask the wife what she thinks. We're a mixed marriage, you know--good-hearted non-dogmatic libertarian and surly cynical social democrat--and her opinion may be better informed than mine.
Thanks,
John A
see me fulminate at http://www.jzip.org/