I know there are other forms of science fiction that I find immensely valuable, including those about war (not necessarily propping up imperialist mindset), and I'd like a more thorough consideration of more modes than apocalypse vs. optimism.
Agreed; I do not believe that dystopia is the only valid mode left to write in and that the only alternative is the Golden Age. Much of the reason Sales' article rubbed me the wrong way was his assumption of this opposition and then the sweeping statements he made about each respective mode in order to support his preference for one. You write very good science fiction about space and other planets that doesn't read like Amazing Stories circa 1935. And I like that futurist stuff.
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Agreed; I do not believe that dystopia is the only valid mode left to write in and that the only alternative is the Golden Age. Much of the reason Sales' article rubbed me the wrong way was his assumption of this opposition and then the sweeping statements he made about each respective mode in order to support his preference for one. You write very good science fiction about space and other planets that doesn't read like Amazing Stories circa 1935. And I like that futurist stuff.