[Durus]

I liked the first book, but the series steadily goes down hill as his leftist views increasingly color his writing. It seems that fantasy and Sci-Fi are dominated by liberals these days.

I always wonder how people write stories about characters that fight (real) oppression, use weapons, are self-disciplined, skilled, responsible, moral and ethical, yet expouse liberals ideals which are contrary to everything they have written.

At least there is Larry Correia.

[rbg81]

I always wonder how people write stories about characters that fight (real) oppression, use weapons, are self-disciplined, skilled, responsible, moral and ethical, yet expouse liberals ideals which are contrary to everything they have written.

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Remember Jack Nicholson’s character in “As Good as it Gets”? When he summarized how he was able to write his female characters so well?

Perhaps liberal SciFy authors manage to reverse the process?

[Vaquero]

I liked the first book, but the series steadily goes down hill...

(No leftist involvement) but it sounds like my reading of Herbert's Dune series. The second one was barely readable and I could never finished the third.

[Salgak]

Not just Larry: most of the Baen stable of authors are conservatives.

The obvious examples:
John Ringo
Ton Kratman
Sarah Hoyt

and Michael Z. “Mad Mike” Williamson is a small-l libertarian and RKBA enthusiast. . .

Also, Baen recently signed Brad Torgersen: if you haven’t read him, you’re in for a treat. . .

[Grimmy]

... and Tom Kratman and John Ringo.

[Ransomed]

“At least there is Larry Correia.”

Also John C. Wright.

Freegards

[papertyger]

I always wonder how people write stories about characters that fight (real) oppression, use weapons, are self-disciplined, skilled, responsible, moral and ethical, yet expouse liberals ideals which are contrary to everything they have written.

It's not that hard to understand. Liberals, by nature, are despotic, though they like to think of themselves, philosophically, more as benign dictators.

As such, they have a romantic attraction to the notion of characters who are compelled, constrained, or otherwise in servitude to a doctrine, discipline, or social construct...as long as it's not them!

In short, they LOVE the idea of a world were they can play benevolent deity to a cast of rigorously structured chess pieces.