What does that mean? His novels certainly contained violence but I don't recall any of them expressing enthusiasm for it. And a man is not his writings. Scifi a

What does that mean? His novels certainly contained violence but I don't recall any of them expressing enthusiasm for it. And a man is not his writings. Scifi authors often explored worlds with different values and conditions. For example many of his novels contemplate polygamy and alternative marriage/family structures but I have never heard anything to suggest that he himself practiced anything like that.