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Every once in a while, I’ll craft something here about Superversive as opposed to “subversive” writing and other art forms in Science Fiction and Fantasy. The idea is that for the past several decades, the entertainment industry in general has moved away from ideas such as:
- Heroes being heroic
- Doing good for the sake of being good
- A happy ending isn’t such a bad thing after all
- Love and beauty are real in the world and in people
- It’s okay to be spiritual/religious beings and maybe we aren’t complete if we shun that
- Family is positive and not dysfunctional
- Civilization is better than chaos
- Strength, courage, honor, beauty, truth, sacrifice, spirituality, hope, and humility are all virtues and have their place in stories. Superversive tales should NEVER leave the reader in despair
No, not every single SF/F book published in the last twenty years is doom, gloom, and overridden by a progressive politics and social view…
…it just seems that way sometimes.