#WritersCoffeeClub 14 Sept. Have you ever read a work of fiction you felt was advertising something? In my own field, a lot of American SF (in particular) is advertising for one strain of crank politics/economics or another—especially libertarianism: from Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" to "The Unincorporated Man" it's a rich seam of bullshit running through the entire genre. The product most widely advertised in fiction is the author's own ideological blinkers.