SF For Liberals
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, March 10th, 2005 at
8:29 am
[From Mumpsimus]
Oh goody! Another politically-based list of sf novels. (The other being this.)
This time its Sci-Fi Novels for Liberals.
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I notice these political-based lists seem to hold only obscure works. Half of these authors I have never heard. Also, the chose of political philosophy seems a bit narrow, considering the range of what science fiction has to offer
Let me submit my own list:
SCIENCE FICTION FOR IMPERIALISTS
Star Wars
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Dominic Flandry stories by Poul Andersen
Mote in God’s Eye by Niven and Pournelle
Empire of Isher by AE van Vogt
The Risen Empire by Scott Westerfield
SCIENCE FICTION FOR ANARCHISTS
World of Null A by AE van Vogt
The Dispossessed by Ursula K Leguin
Floating Worlds by Cecelia Holland
Out From the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
Santiago by Mike Resnick
SCIENCE FICTION FOR MONARCHISTS
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
Honor Harrington books by David Weber
Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison
SCIENCE FICTION FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK POLITICAL OFFICES SHOULD BE CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF NEUROLINGUISTIC EXAMINATION BY GIANT MACHINES
Pawns of Null-A by AE van Vogt
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
SCIENCE FICTION FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK SUPREME EXECUTIVE POWER SHOULD BE LODGED THE CANDIDATE WHO POSSESSES THE MEMORIES OF PREVIOUS LEADERS
Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
Glory Road by Robert Heinlein
SCIENCE FICTION FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THE IMPERIAL DYNASTY OF AMERICA RIGHTFULLY TRACES ITS DECENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PRIMORDIAL TIME OF HYADES WHERE BLACK STARS RISE ABOVE LAKE CARACOSSA, AND THINK THE NATIONS WILL QUAIL WHEN THE YELLOW SIGN IS SHOWN AND THE PALLID MASK IS RAISED HIGH
The King In Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
The Sword of Bheleu by Lawrence Watt-Evans
AND, FINALLY, FOR THOSE WHO JUST SAY FRELL DEMOCRACY WE WANT ARTHUR TO RULE
Once and Future King by TH White
Idylls of the King by Tennyson
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Dragon and the Unicorn by A. A. Attanasio
Hawk of May by Gillian Bradshaw
Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Dominion by Fred Saberhagen
Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny
That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
Last Guardian of Everness by some obscure third-rate hack
Heh.
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