Hey, don't disparage Asimov's Foundation stories! It's true Asimov was an atheist and also stood against pseudoscience, but his stories are not trash! ;) > Cha

Hey, don't disparage Asimov's Foundation stories! It's true Asimov was an atheist and also stood against pseudoscience, but his stories are not trash! ;) > Charles Stross confessed that he doesn't believe in space colonization and interstellar travel I've never read Stross but I've experienced a similar dissonance with John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" series. If you stop at his first novel, you could easily believe (as I did) Scalzi is pro-war and his stance is that aliens must be met with firm military force "or else". He even has a token pacifist self-righteous character who insists there must be another way, then immediately gets torn to shreds by evil aliens for his naiveté (to everyone else's applause). I was disgusted and ready to toss the series into the garbage bin. Then... well, I'm not saying he's a good writer, but his later novels in the series paint a different picture. Well done fooling me, Mr Scalzi!