Most of the comments on social media about his passing are about his horrible politics rather than his writing. People are calling him a racist, a misogynist, and even a fascist.

Song of Kali confused me. It felt so hateful and so deeply racist that I assumed I missed something about it, like maybe it was satirical. Or maybe it was just about a character who hated India, which doesn’t necessarily mean the author shares those views.

I loved Hyperion even with its misogynistic parts, I just sort of figured “boomers are gonna boom” and I was able to overlook it. Summer of Night was phenomenal, even if it did have the same “only one female character and she’s a lot” problem that all his novels seem to have.

I don’t see myself reading his other novels after reading about how racist he was. Quite a shame.