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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm afraid I have absolutely no idea what you mean by that question. Hogan wrote good "hard SF" novels; they are not "political" works.
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I have read, online, that at least some (not necessarily all) of his works were politically tinged, and I was wondering how, how much, and in what ways, and in which works.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
What? I find this very strange to be concerned about what politics are expressed in fiction...it's fiction for gawdssake.
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I think it's a problem when the 'agenda' gets in the way of the story.
That was why I stuggled with 'Mars'.
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Originally Posted by Gaurnim
Sometimes the political bearing of the author is quite present and can be disturbing if you don't adhere to it.
I had such problems with Dan Simmons' Ilium and Olympos.
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Sparrow and
Gaurnim have summed up my concern for Hogan. Does "the 'agenda' [get] in the way of the story"? Is "the political bearing of the author...quite present"? Also, what is (were) his libertarian leanings (social, economic, both, neither)?