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jambo101

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24. I've been reading Sci-Fi books for the last 50 years
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 04:10 AM
Apr 2013

And one thing i've never done is contemplate whether the author was politically left or right leaning.To read a sci-fi novel with the idea of reading between the lines as to the authors political motivations for any given segment in a story is rather missing the point of sci-fi .
As an example if Asimov was a rightwinger and the reader a left winger would that leftie not read/enjoy the Foundation trilogy? would seem like a waste not to read such a great scifi trilogy just because the author may have differing political views.
When i start a new scifi book i couldnt care less about the authors private life,just give me a good story.

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I've been reading Sci-Fi books for the last 50 years jambo101 Apr 2013 #24
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