Talk:Libertarian science fiction

message: I think on the science fiction end of libertarian science fictioners, at least those I've read or talked with, Robert A. Heinlein is viewed more favorably than Ayn Rand. I know she fits more to the general populace, but she didn't consider herself libertarian or a science fiction author.--T. Anthony 05:18, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is an interesting question whether Ayn Rand really is an SF-author. The Fountainhead contains no SF elements at all. Atlas Shrugged describes a few fictional technologies (Galt's motor, Rearden metal and a sonic weapon), but the novel is not as "science-fictional" as, for example, Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. CalleC (talk) 15:41, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ayn Rand

message: Does Iain M Banks count? I'm thinking of his novels about The Culture. 86.164.188.106 (talk) 01:10, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Iain M Banks

message: "Libertarian science fiction authors who have not won the award include..." - uh, what? Why the heck should there be such a line? Did someone get funny and insert "not"? What's going on here? 198.179.147.71 (talk) 13:52, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, most peculiar. I checked related pages and none of these writers are mentioned as winners or even runners-up, so "not" is so not the issue! The sentence has three references built into it, so I suspect it's an attempt to add some examples of other libertarian writers, but then clarify they were not winners. To preserve the good references, I've broken it to a new paragraph and reworded it to "Some other prominent libertarian science fiction authors include ...". Bricaniwi (talk) 02:42, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this sentence here... 

message: It's wildly inaccurate to imply that George Orwell contributed to libertarian science fiction.  He was a vocal advocate of socialism.  Could we either A): clarify, or B): remove the reference entirely?
Samcashion (talk) 09:52, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orwell 

message: While Le Guin's "The Dispossessed" can be described as "libertarian", and it certainly matches the original definition of the term, it doesn't fit with this page. The definition of libertarianism used here is the one common in modern US culture - right-anarchism, where as "The Dispossessed" is one of the clearest examples of books of left-anarchism. The page describes "private ownership of the means of production" - there is no private ownership of anything in the Utopia of Anarres. 77.124.26.41 (talk) 02:08, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Dispossessed 

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message: I removed this book from notable works. There's evidence that the book and author exist,  but I can't find reliable sources saying this novel is a notable libertarian sci fi work. * Iurii Vovchenko, World War 3 and 1/3rd OnBeyondZebrax • TALK 17:57, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vovchenko