Comments on: Why crime fiction is leftwing and thrillers are rightwing https://www.isegoria.net/2015/04/why-crime-fiction-is-leftwing-and-thrillers-are-rightwing/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:20:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Gaikokumaniakku https://www.isegoria.net/2015/04/why-crime-fiction-is-leftwing-and-thrillers-are-rightwing/comment-page-1/#comment-2241018 Gaikokumaniakku Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:50:24 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37765#comment-2241018 I’ve been blogging about cyberpunk lately. I feel it’s relevant as leftwing crime fiction.

Most of the fundamental cyberpunk texts are very left-wing. I call out Gibson’s work and Effinger’s When Gravity Fails in particular.

Some tend a bit toward right-wing libertarianism — notably W.J.Williams’ Hardwired and Sterling’s Islands in the Net.

Cyberpunk fiction tends to celebrate the antihero as a left-wing hedonist — often an amphetamine abuser — who enjoys promiscuous sex but nonetheless has a “sensitive guy” heart of gold.

Outside of cyberpunk, it would be interesting to look for leftwing elements in crime shows such as The Wire, Breaking Bad, etc. and movies such as the Godfather series.

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