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Isaac Young

Isaac Young is a science-fiction and fantasy author and the producer of the serialized audio show The Last Human. His books include The Matrioshka Divide and The Domes of Calrathia. He publishes fiction and commentary through Trantor Publishing.

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Statements by Isaac Young

Isaac Young

Role at the time: Science-fiction and fantasy author; Malfoid fiction writer

Challenged the characterization

Statement summary

Young questions Emily's description of the comparison's proponents as conservatives.

“Who said we were Conservatives?”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Isaac Young questions the conservative labelPost 2108946404886642836; complete post and reply or quote context
Why we used this label

The case concerns the Malfoid-versus-Carson comparison. In this reply, Young challenges the political description of its proponents. The response concerns how the comparison is characterized.

Read statementMalfoid for the Nobel? Was the Anne Carson comparison fair?

Isaac Young

Role at the time: Science-fiction and fantasy author; Malfoid fiction writer

Defended or excused

Response to this claim

Some Malfoid fan-fiction writers deserved the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature more than Anne Carson, judged against the poetry excerpts The New Yorker circulated.

“each of them not only deserved this prize more but also contributed more to humanity than both these poems combined.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Isaac Young compares Malfoid fan fiction with Anne Carson poetryPost 2108567757042384949; complete post
Why we used this label

The case concerns the Malfoid-versus-Carson comparison. Young endorses that comparison and later maintains his relative judgment.

Read statementMalfoid for the Nobel? Was the Anne Carson comparison fair?

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