Re: [Marxism] Marxist/leftist science fiction/fantasy lit
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 14.04.2012 19:22, Jess Martin wrote: == Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Of interest to list members may be China's recommendations for 50 Sci-Fi Fantasy Works Every Socialist Should Read, to be found here among other places: http://theweeklyansible.tumblr.com/post/20777236577/50-sci-fi-fantasy-works-every-socialist-should-read China has recently pointed out that this list is over 10 years old and that there are a number of important omissions. Einde O'Callaghan Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Marxist/leftist science fiction/fantasy lit
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 15.04.2012 03:13, dave x wrote: == Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Ken MacLeod is/was a trotskyist of sorts. Ken MacLeod was a member of the International Marxist Group, the British Section of the USFI in the late 1960s and 1970s. His books often contain leftists political in-jokes. Einde O'Callaghan Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Marxist/leftist science fiction/fantasy lit
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Of interest to list members may be China's recommendations for 50 Sci-Fi Fantasy Works Every Socialist Should Read, to be found here among other places: http://theweeklyansible.tumblr.com/post/20777236577/50-sci-fi-fantasy-works-every-socialist-should-read It's worth noting that several SF/F authors of note have been committed leftists, if not explicitly Marxists. H.G. Wells was a Fabian; Kim Stanley Robinson is a leftist, and both Ursula Le Guin and Michael Moorcock identify as anarchists. Happy reading. - Jess On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Sun Eagle suneagl...@yahoo.com wrote: One can find sci-fi authors whose politics range from liberal to libertarian, but are there any prominent Marxists one could name? I've been meaning to read *Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction* for ages: http://www.sfsite.com/05b/rp320.htm Haven't yet, though. -- Hige sceal ?e heardra, heorte ?e cenre, mod sceal ?e mare, ?e ure m?gen lytla?. Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Marxist/leftist science fiction/fantasy lit
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Thanks. Also worth mentioning are the late Octavia Butler (the change-shifter series, esp. WILDSEED) and Samuel Delaney, for African-American science fiction is a sub-genre of its own. BTW, some astute readers have noted that Delaney's mammoth second novel, DHALGREN, bears an uncanny resemblence to Bowie's song Diamong Dogs---the Manhattan Chase Bank, the character who dresses like a priest to escape down an elevator shaft, packs of wild dogs roaming through a city that may not exist, etc. Since the novel came out before the album, and Bowie is an admitted sci-fi fan, you have to figure plagiarism on some level. Of interest to list members may be China's recommendations for 50 Sci-Fi Fantasy Works Every Socialist Should Read, to be found here among other places: http://theweeklyansible.tumblr.com/post/20777236577/50-sci-fi-fantasy-works-every-socialist-should-read It's worth noting that several SF/F authors of note have been committed leftists, if not explicitly Marxists. H.G. Wells was a Fabian; Kim Stanley Robinson is a leftist, and both Ursula Le Guin and Michael Moorcock identify as anarchists. Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Marxist/leftist science fiction/fantasy lit
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Ken MacLeod is/was a trotskyist of sorts. On Apr 14, 2012 10:52 AM, Sun Eagle suneagl...@yahoo.com wrote: == Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Thanks. Also worth mentioning are the late Octavia Butler (the change-shifter series, esp. WILDSEED) and Samuel Delaney, for African-American science fiction is a sub-genre of its own. BTW, some astute readers have noted that Delaney's mammoth second novel, DHALGREN, bears an uncanny resemblence to Bowie's song Diamong Dogs---the Manhattan Chase Bank, the character who dresses like a priest to escape down an elevator shaft, packs of wild dogs roaming through a city that may not exist, etc. Since the novel came out before the album, and Bowie is an admitted sci-fi fan, you have to figure plagiarism on some level. Of interest to list members may be China's recommendations for 50 Sci-Fi Fantasy Works Every Socialist Should Read, to be found here among other places: http://theweeklyansible.tumblr.com/post/20777236577/50-sci-fi-fantasy-works-every-socialist-should-read It's worth noting that several SF/F authors of note have been committed leftists, if not explicitly Marxists. H.G. Wells was a Fabian; Kim Stanley Robinson is a leftist, and both Ursula Le Guin and Michael Moorcock identify as anarchists. Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/dave.xx%40gmail.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
