Author Archives: L. Neil Smith

About L. Neil Smith

L. Neil Smith, also known to readers and fans as "El Neil," is a Libertarian science fiction author and political activist. His books include a trilogy of Lando Calrissian novels: Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka, and the Omnibus edition The Lando Calrissian Adventures. He also wrote the novels Pallas, The Forge of the Elders, and The Probability Broach, each of which won the Libertarian Futurist Society's annual Prometheus Award for best libertarian science fiction novel.

Is Gun Control The Ultimate Political Litmus Test?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by L. Neil Smith

Over the past 40 years, I’ve been paid to write more than two million words. Sooner or later, every one of them came back to the issue of guns and gun-ownership. People accuse me of being a single-issue writer, a single-issue … Continue reading →

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Suppose You’re Fond of Books . . .

Posted on July 16, 2010 by L. Neil Smith

You like their leather bindings, their fancy endpapers, the way they speak to you of other times and places, the way they feel in your hand. You like the way they smell. Naturally, you’re aware that books are dangerous. Over the long, sad, gory … Continue reading →