Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books:
"I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that."
"I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that."
"To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff."
Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?
@Will_Tanner_1 NGL, IMO this is a slippery slope. Ya can't just get rid of the undesirables.
The west was successful because of a legal system that protected private property and individual liberty.
@ThomasEWoods We're still less than 48 hours from a horrible dictators seath. The Persians in my circle of friends couldn't be happier. The ruling class hasn't put their puppet in yet. This is a very emotional moment for Persian that had to flee in '79. Let them have their moment.
@RyanMcbeth@nateakemann@TheCatholicEngr When I was an Army medic I knew quite a few E4 & E5s that were dodging promotion so that they didn't get pulled out of being a line medic.