A Brief Open Letter to George RR Martin

Normally I would not ask impertinent questions of my betters in days like these, but in this case, there is cause. http://grrm.livejournal.com/420090.html

I left the following comment there.

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Sir,

You commented “John C. Wright SIX TIMES!!! John C. Wright, a writer famed far and wide for having no opinions on politics, race, religion, or sexual orientation, and would never dream of injecting such messages into his Damned Good Stories.”

I assume here you are being ironic, and stating that I do indeed put messages into my fiction.

However, we have worked together in the past. You edited the anthology SONGS OF A DYING EARTH in which my short story, ‘Guyal the Curator’ appeared.

Were there or were there not pro-conservative messages in that story? You may not recall it, but I know you read it.

If, since you are an honest man, you will say that story had no overt political message in it, on what grounds do you assume I put overt political messages in my other stories?

In other words, you are accusing me of hypocrisy, I, who have never said a bad word about you in public or private to anyone, and who have always hitherto held you in the highest esteem. What is the factual basis for the accusation, please?

If there is no factual basis, why make the accusation?

John C Wright

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