@LeaveHeardAlone@weberju5@fandompulse It's the difference between Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies. One is a straightfoward parable with limit ultility outside it's prescribed interpretation, the other is a deep reflection on human nature. Weir writes the later.
@weberju5@fandompulse All art is political. If it says something, it’s political. If you don’t understand what the word political means: just say that.
Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books:
"I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that."
"I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that."
"To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff."
Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?
@LeaveHeardAlone@fandompulse It doesn't say nothing. It's just he doesn't limit his world to consciously embedded political point scoring. Weir tells stories, not parables.
@Bot_DM_nowline No, let’s keep the conversation in the comments for maximum visibility. Please could you let me know how your plan to make sure your store inside the Mall at least approaches sanitary conditions?
@copy_nick@OrbitGum love these but they're for yesterday's brief. today's is #scourers. hope to see you having a go. I've just done the album though so will add these two in...
Whether you agreed with him or not, Charlie Kirk is dead purely because some people didn't like what he had to say. That should outrage every single one of us.
Kemi Badenoch gets a student expelled - I haven’t stopped laughing since I read this 🤣 “She has an incredible ability to become more unlikable and less relatable every single time she opens her mouth”