"No," he said. "You cannot trick me into applying my principles to a hypothetical situation which will only work out the way that you want it to. Not… - Roger Zelazny

there is Shadow and there is Substance, and this is the root of all things. Of Substance, there is only Amber, the real city, upon the real Earth, which contains everything. Of Shadow, there is an infinitude of things. Every possibility exists somewhere as a Shadow of the real.

While sex heads a great number of lists, we all have other things we like to do in between.

I have no objection to the expression of political opinions in SF if they are an integral part of the story structure. I don't at all appreciate their intrusion for the purpose of converting a story into a political tract, because I consider that intellectually insulting.