OFF: Moorcock on sci-fi

[M Holmes]

Nick Medford writes:

> >>Bizarre, and more than a little dated. It's kinda weird to hear a writer
> >>making pro-censorship arguments.
> >
> >Can you quote me one of the spots in the essay where he makes pro-
> >censorship arguments?
>
> I'm sure Mike H. will answer for himself, but I think he was referring to
> MM's endorsement of Dworkin (who is famously pro-censorship) rather than
> anything in the essay you referenced.

That's about it.

> >At worst, I see MM displaying a sort of smugness along the lines of,
> >"you think you're some kind of left-wing progressive, yet you don't
> >have a clue that your favorite fiction espouses the sort of
> >right-wing ideals that you purport to despise".

> Well, I think the problem is in the idea that the political views of
> an author are the most important thing about his/her writing.  I don't
> buy that at all.

It's also a weird argument to make in an SF context since it generally
deals with "What if?" rather than "What is?".

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