[PW] Science fiction/politics question

[Ellen Cousins]

Here it is:

  New Maps of Science Fiction
  by William Sims Bainbridge
  and Murray M. Dalziel

  Analog Yearbook, 1977, pages 277-299.

http://mysite.verizon.net/wsbainbridge/dl/newmaps.htm

Ellen C.

Becky none wrote:
> Hello - I am a lurker on this list, but I always appreciate the
> genius. I told the folks in the Arthur C Clark discussion that I know
> some geniuses who can probably answer this question easily, so I will
> be giving props when it is answered. Here's the original "question"-
> in a discussion about the politics of writers - and keep in mind that
> this is from a discussion on a liberal political blog:
> 
> "Some wingnuts write SF
> 
> Heinlein, Anderson, Pournelle, and Creighton are the most conspicuous.
>  There was actually a rather fantastic matrix I'd seen about 25 years
> ago where they graphed the most right-wing and left-wing writers.
> I've got the magazine somewhere in my stash, but the chances of
> finding it are slim."
> 
> 
> and when I asked for the parameters to be narrowed, here's the response:
> 
> "Okay... Could have been an Analog, could have been an FSF or Locus.
> Would have been about 1980 give or take a few years.  They used a
> reference one-dimentional graph similar to the modern two-dimentional
> libertarian-authoritarian / right-left graph.  I wasn't really that
> huge on politics when I was in my late teens (except I knew that
> Republican presidents generally sucked, and that hasn't changed since
> then) but I did find it funny that the most liberal on the chart was
> Harlan Ellison, my favorite writer.
> 
> I was far heavier into the scene when we did have spaceships flying to
> the planets, and it looked like we'd have a brighter tomorrow.  SF has
> changed a bit since then, and it is now merging into other less
> interesting fields.  Give me hard SF, or new wave, or cyberpunk over
> these odd genres!"
> 
> So - can y'all work a miracle and find this? Has anyone done a graph
> like the one described more recently? Like I said, major props will be
> given. Thanks in advance!
>