At heart, both tales are of youths inheriting the most powerful position/opportunity of their generation. In one sense, the 'fantasy' being explored by the aut

At heart, both tales are of youths inheriting the most powerful position/opportunity of their generation. In one sense, the 'fantasy' being explored by the author in both cases is "how would you live, and what would drive your decisions, if that was you born into that position?". It does seem natural for ideologically opposed authors to not love each others works. I daresay they were also capable of recognising some good.