Kagan MacTane (he/him)1d ago

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116305793811427182

I'd been thinking about making some time to read _Project Hail Mary_ so I could go see the movie and join the convo about it. And then I read this 👇🏻.

Nice to not have to crowbar that into my schedule, but overall? I'd rather Andy Weir had just not been a shitwaffle. Seriously, I am _so sick and tired_ of white-guy SF authors turning out to be right-wing assholes.

(Also, the thing about "there's no symbolism or themes in my work"... dafuq? Why would any writer say something like that? 🤯🤡)

Show threadMedea Vanamonde 🏳️‍⚧️1d ago

@kagan @mekkaokereke

Unfortunately White Male SF authors especially Hard Science SF Writers get drawn to Right Wing Culture.
Historically it was Heinlein, Anderson and Pournelle browbeating fans and up and coming writers…now it’s nearly automatic.

Show threadTito Swineflu1d ago
@MedeaVanamonde @kagan @mekkaokereke Of course, the exception to the right wing culture trend is THE culture, although right wingers with poor reading comprehension seem to think those books speak to them as well.
Show threadKagan MacTane (he/him)1d ago

@tito_swineflu @MedeaVanamonde @mekkaokereke You mean the Iain Banks series? I've been meaning to try those out sometime.

Also shout-out to James S.A. Corey's _The Expanse_ for being non-right-wing.

Show threadMedea Vanamonde 🏳️‍⚧️
@kagan @tito_swineflu @mekkaokereke in the culture. Everyone is basically born transgender or transsexual how you wanna be picky about definitions: everyone changes their gender about every 60 years or so or less for their 200 year lifespans
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