Posted by Nick Edwards on June 27, 1999 at 09:18:40:
In Reply to: Re: re:On the other hand, I'm not sure that Vance is a real right-winger.... posted by Suan Yong on June 25, 1999 at 19:28:55:
: I see Vance as an astute observer - an historian, if you will - of the
: various philosophies and politics of the Reach and beyond (the fact that
: these beliefs are his own creation seems almost irrelevant). It almost
: seems as though he goes to great lengths to avoid endorsing any particular
: persuasion: he merely expounds them (quite rationally, if you as me).
: Suan
do you include the gaen reach novels in that analysis? I would suggest that many cultures he portrays are evil and or ridiculous, and he intends the reader to think them so. I believe he considers the status-obsessed culture of Gallingdale to be absurd, although he implies that it is a parody of a natural human desire for status. (ref: The status-immune Fath's delight on their election to the Altroverts)