Why? Because the right realized that higher education was turning their kids librul post WW2, so they deliberately defunded and undermined the education system.
We, the readers, are dumb. We need to be told what is reactionary, why it's bad, why the people writing it are bad, and why thoughtful sci fi is good. Smash the fourth wall.
Yes, most post WW2 sci fi was written by conservatives, but so much cold war funding was sloshing around education there was some for alternative voices like LeGuin.
Can't imagine trying to compete in that writing environment tbh, a lot of it probably reads like it's algo generated. kudos to you for trying to introduce some logical ideas. Promoting your work in the best spaces as something different in sci fi, and why it's different to the reactionary stuff, is key imo.
You mentioned negative feedback btw. Did you mean from readers? Or editors?
Interesting. Just personally, if I was in your position, in the current online environment, I wouldn't be paying much attention to online feedback in a direct way, if that makes sense. Direct online reactions to your work should maybe only reach you through the filter of a couple of trusted, extremely online people that are close to you. Much less chance of your train of thought getting derailed by whatever the week's op is.
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Why? Because the right realized that higher education was turning their kids librul post WW2, so they deliberately defunded and undermined the education system.
We, the readers, are dumb. We need to be told what is reactionary, why it's bad, why the people writing it are bad, and why thoughtful sci fi is good. Smash the fourth wall.
Yes, most post WW2 sci fi was written by conservatives, but so much cold war funding was sloshing around education there was some for alternative voices like LeGuin.
Can't imagine trying to compete in that writing environment tbh, a lot of it probably reads like it's algo generated. kudos to you for trying to introduce some logical ideas. Promoting your work in the best spaces as something different in sci fi, and why it's different to the reactionary stuff, is key imo.
You mentioned negative feedback btw. Did you mean from readers? Or editors?
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Interesting. Just personally, if I was in your position, in the current online environment, I wouldn't be paying much attention to online feedback in a direct way, if that makes sense. Direct online reactions to your work should maybe only reach you through the filter of a couple of trusted, extremely online people that are close to you. Much less chance of your train of thought getting derailed by whatever the week's op is. I