tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post1182729246727411920..comments2023-09-05T08:08:11.149-07:00Comments on Bits and Pieces: National Review of Science FictionDiligent Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426359711191016569noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-75845772093437570862008-03-05T23:18:00.000-08:002008-03-05T23:18:00.000-08:00Looking through the archive index, I noticed that ...Looking through the archive index, I noticed that "National Review" ran excerpts of Heinlein, which is pretty much right-wing porn. I read in the obits that Buckley purged the Ayn Rand nerds from the new conservative movement, and the science fiction column might have been there to tap into a new generation of sci-fi libertarians. Still, science fiction wasn't getting any respect back in the 60s from the other magazines, Buckley managed to tap into pop culture.Diligent Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426359711191016569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-13703715300176546332008-03-05T11:50:00.000-08:002008-03-05T11:50:00.000-08:00Oops, wrong button. That comment above was me.Oops, wrong button. That comment above was me.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734894170682066431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-73981492647584740662008-03-05T11:49:00.000-08:002008-03-05T11:49:00.000-08:00Very interesting. I didn't know that the National ...Very interesting. I didn't know that the National Review had ever done science fiction. <BR/><BR/>Not really something I would have expected. Back in those day I would have seen them more going over the latest collection of mathematical story problems or leather bound sets of the Federalist papers.<BR/><BR/>It does in a way make sense though (as some person wiser than me pointed out) as most SciFi books have plot elements you would classify as libertarian or conservative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com