McNews weighs in on politics in SF

[james_davis_nicoll]

They're agin it.

Comments

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

In the very first paragraph, he defines "diversity" in SF as "we let both Heinlein and Clarke in", which explains the problem right there.

I'd be worried about any woman I knew about if her husband publicly allied himself with someone who's openly declared that women shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[gareth-wilson.livejournal.com]

Arthur C Clarke actually is a genuine example of diversity, being more-or-less openly gay even very early in his career.

[nelc.livejournal.com]

And British! They'll let anyone into the SFWA.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Was Clarke actually a SFWA member? (It would be unsurprising if he were, but maybe he wasn't.)

[scentofviolets.livejournal.com]

Is the gay thing official yet? Lord knows I've heard it often enough . . . not that there's anything wrong with that!

[fridgepunk.livejournal.com]

He's buried beside Leslie Ekanayake, a Sri Lankan diver whom he called his "only perfect friend of a lifetime" in the dedication to Fountains of Paradise.

He named his home in Sri Lanka "leslie's house", you can see some pictures a guy took of the interior of the house and the exterior of the gravesite a few years after Clarke had died here (http://asiaobscura.com/2013/11/sifting-through-arthur-c-clarkes-dvd-collection-in-colombo.html).

So either gay or REALLY weird.

[ethelmay.livejournal.com]

They let in a guy who wore sarongs? DIVERSITY COULD GO NO FURTHER.