All Posts Tagged With: "science fiction"
The Economic Fantasy of “Star Trek”
Gardner Goldsmith (ELGGRANDE@msn.com) is an independent journalist and screenwriter in New Hampshire. A friend of mine is an award-winning science-fiction novelist. When we first met, I happened to mention to him that I was working on a science-fantasy novel, just as he was. He bristled. “I write science-fiction, not fantasy,” he said. “Those two genres [...]
1Dec2004 | P. Gardner Goldsmith | 20 comments | ContinuedRobert A. Heinlein’s Soaring Spirit of Liberty
A pioneering master of speculative fiction, Robert Heinlein has captured the imagination of millions for liberty.
Five of his novels chronicle rebellion against tyranny, other novels are about different struggles for liberty, and his writings abound with declarations on liberty. For instance, in Requiem (1939): It’s neither your business, nor the business of . . . paternalistic government, to tell a man not to risk his life doing what he really wants to do.
1Jul1997 | Jim Powell | 5 comments | Continued-
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