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A comment by Brad R. Torgersen about a recent unsightly eructation at the Guardian

http://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2014/08/29/when-ignorant-snobs-attack/

The piece he criticizes so sharply and ably is here:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/book...

You may read it if you wish, although I recommend against it. The column is the vaporings of a stranger to the science fiction field applauding the applause given a book called ANCILLARY JUSTICE on the ground that, let me quote:

It continues the tradition of feminist writing within science fiction, famously adapting its pronoun usage as the central character struggles to understand the alien concept of binary gender.

This battle for the political high ground, while it is often petty, is far from unhealthy. The future science fiction has forecast and helped to shape, the future we are now deeply enmeshed in, is a profoundly political place.

The theme of the column proposes that there is a political war going on in science fiction between evil reactionaries who want to enjoy stories and benevolent social justice warrior whose mission is to enlighten us.

By Klono’s brazen claws, does anyone actually READ these preachy novels of feelbad flounderheaded pontification-fests for fun?

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Originally published at John C. Wright's Journal. Please leave any comments there.