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L. Neil Smith

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Also known as Lester Neil Smith III

American writer (1946–2021)

Person · Open Library

Born
12 May 1946
Died
27 August 2021
Works
37

Top works

  • The Crystal Empire
  • Hope
  • Die Gallatin-Abweichung
  • Roswell, Texas
  • Ihrer Majestaten Kubeliere

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1945

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

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Quotes

  • A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim.
  • What I want to accomplish artistically amounts to nothing more than fulfilling the promise of the American Revolution.
  • Forget 'redeeming social value,' dirty pictures are fun. When I die I want my ashes sprinkled over a nudist camp.
  • Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon — rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything — any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.
  • My current novel, Pallas, is all about that culture war - in fact it's been called the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the Sagebrush Rebellion - and yet what I hear all too often from libertarians is that they don't read fiction.
  • As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear.

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