The risk you take in writing politically explicit stories
Finally I received a 2-star review for our short story collection. It must have touched a nerve of the reviewer because he said: “I found many of the stories to carry a preachy, heavy-handed tone which, after a while felt like I was being lectured…”
That’s not surprising because the collection contained a novella (Time Scope) which, as another reviewer called: “a mildly disguised analogy to what some see as present day politics. This may be a turnoff to readers with a strong political bias.”
It wasn’t disguised at all. The novella was inspired by the 2016 US Presidential race and was unapologetically political, as another reviewer commented: “with enough intelligent social commentary to make this a work clearly superior to the average science-fiction collection.”
When you write about issues that people feel passionate about, either for or against, sooner or later you bump into a critic from the other ‘camp’ who will hate it. I am surprised that it didn’t happen sooner.
Luckily, most of the other reviews were very positive which gives me hope for the viability of the human species.
That’s not surprising because the collection contained a novella (Time Scope) which, as another reviewer called: “a mildly disguised analogy to what some see as present day politics. This may be a turnoff to readers with a strong political bias.”
It wasn’t disguised at all. The novella was inspired by the 2016 US Presidential race and was unapologetically political, as another reviewer commented: “with enough intelligent social commentary to make this a work clearly superior to the average science-fiction collection.”
When you write about issues that people feel passionate about, either for or against, sooner or later you bump into a critic from the other ‘camp’ who will hate it. I am surprised that it didn’t happen sooner.
Luckily, most of the other reviews were very positive which gives me hope for the viability of the human species.
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