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Fantasy Literature

CJCRANE

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3. That's the impression I get of Wolfe too

Reply to white_wolf (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 8, 2012, 08:11 AM

Jan 2012

from his admiration of Tolkien's works. Wolfe pines for a simpler time with simple rules, when everyone knew their place and the codes of honor and loyalty they had to live up to; a time of strong leaders and la noblesse oblige.

Heinlein, on the other hand seems to have been a more modern kind of conservative, if not a fascist. The Starship Troopers movie makes fun of this and uses this as parody but AFAIK Heinlein was serious about his ideas.

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