Traditionalist and Libertarian themes in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Over the past several months, Mark Wegierski of Enter Stage Right, an online journal of modern conservatism, has been writing a series of articles entitled “Traditionalist and Libertarian Themes in Science Fiction and Fantasy.” Although I haven’t read through the 13-part-to-date series, I hope Wegierski mentions some Martian SF&F titles.

Here are the links to the Wegierski's series:

• Part 1 – The "selective" nature of today's world

• Part 2 – Utopia, dystopia, fantasy, and reality

• Part 3 – Subgenres of fantasy

• Part 4 – Fantasy in pop-culture; military SF; and space opera

• Part 5 – Dune and current-day reality

• Part 6 – Some notable SF works

• Part 7 – Cyberpunk

• Part 8 – Some antecedents to cyberpunk

• Part 9 - Alternative History

• Part 10 – Three key works

• Part 11 – The origins of SF and fantasy

• Part 12 – Grandmasters of SF

• Part 13 – Olaf Stapledon; 1968 cinema; and four women’s main speculative worlds

Mark Wegierski is a Canadian writer and historical researcher.

Pictured: Birth of Fire (1976), by Jerry Pournelle.

[via John DeNardo of SF Signal]