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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A book-length exposition of libertarian philosophy thinly veiled in plot. It's somewhat sweet that libertarians have such deep faith, despite all evidence, in the innate good sense of human self-interest, but the whole milieu is wildly unlikely to someone not blinded by wishful thinking. In 200 years nobody has tried another governmental power grab? (Oh but they couldn't, everybody has guns!) And now three such groups, conveniently representing three distinct types of governmentalism, arise? How coincidental. And the Confederacy natives don't recognize the problem because they lack the desire for power? Yes, I'm sure we've all noticed this in the personal lives of American gun owners. Robert Heinlein did it better in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. The political setup was credible and the behaviour of human groups (if not always of individuals) was reasonably true to life. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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In the North American Confederacy . . . People are free--really free. Free to do as they please, whether it be starting a business, running for elected office, or taking target practice in the back forty. There's not a whole lot of government, nor is there a lot of crime, because everyone who wants to carries a gun, and isn't afraid to use it. But someone has bombed the Endicott Building, killing hundreds of people, and Win Bear, the only licensed detective in the confederacy, has to find out who did this dastardly deed, and why. Because whoever did it has already shown their willingness to commit more terrorist acts, no matter how many people are hurt. And that can't go on, or soon the confederacy will be just as the bad old United States--and that is something they want to avoid at all costs. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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L. Neil's writing style just got better and better -- most of the time. (He had a vocabulary bigger than the dictionary and sometimes he did use too many words -- an understandable, and minor, flaw, I guess.)
As I've said in other reviews, L. Neil was so well-read and knowledgeable, he could over-awe near-hermits like myself who simply don't have the knowledge of popular culture he had. Therefore, some of the references went and go over our heads.
But that just means we can re-read and re-re-read his books and get fresh insight each time.
Yes, first we read L. Neil Smith's books for the philosophy, the ideas, the support of human rights and individual liberty, but we also read for his enjoyable style, his frequent tongue-in-cheek references.
Though Neil and I talked often on the phone, and e-mailed back and forth a lot, we never met. Still, I miss him every day. Selfishly: We need, we desperately need, thinkers and writers to help us spread the message of freedom.
We can, though, continue to be grateful we have what Schopenhauer called "that paper memory of mankind," books, plus Neil's powerful essays are also available on the Internet.
His influence remains. And we are grateful. ( )