Posted by Terry on February 12, 1999 at 06:47:40:
In Reply to: Re: Why I Think Farnham's Freehold Is Racist posted by Martin Read on February 12, 1999 at 05:38:28:
This isn't the forum to discuss racism per se, but sf and the works of JV, IMO. However, racism and how it relates to our favorite form of fiction *is* one would think.
Anyway, for all those who thought without reading that Vance had stepped over the line into racist writing, I did not.
He makes me vaguely uncomfortable in _TGP_ because it reminded me of the painful episodes, beatings, shootings, separation of families on "homelands", and mistreatment taking place on our very own planet.
Certainly the liberal society in _TGP_ is richly, rightly pilloried.
Terry