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* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' book ''Night of the Humans'' is essentially [[Author Filibuster|one long rant about how awful and evil religion is]]. The Doctor responds to a crash-landed alien race on a massive pile of space-junk that is threatening a nearby planet. The chosen 'god' of the crashed humans turns out to be a creepy, creepy, clown called Gobo, who's presence and use as a '''''very''''' heavy-handed metaphor for all religion.
* The ''[[Wing Commander (novel)|Wing Commander]]'' novels written solely by William Forstchen contain these in spades, particularly of the liberal variety.
* Admiral McAteer in the ''[[Star Trek: Stargazer]]'' novels is a staunch conservatist. His dislike for Picard stems purely from the fact that he thinks the latter is too young to be a captain in his ideal Starfleet. He can't do anything directly because he's not Picard's immediate superior, but he spends plenty of time trying to sabotage Picard in order to give him the excuse to demote him. He even develops a strong dislike for [[William Shakespeare]] after watching ''[[Macbeth]]'' and deciding that Shakespeare's message that ambition is bad is just plain wrong. In one of the novels, Picard's [[Number Two]] tries to reason with the admiral, asking him to keep an open mind about Picard. McAteer promptly replies that open minds are for those who lack conviction. The other officer immediately aborts his attempts, reasoning that people who believe that can't be reasoned with.
* Some [[Stephen King]] novels feature [[Anvilicious]] Straw Conservatives, such as [[Carrie]]. [[IT]] also mentions some [[The Fundamentalist|Straw Preachers]] , and the act of hatred that awakens It is the murder of a gay man by some violent Straw Homophobes.
* ''[[In Death]]'': Some characters are certainly this, with Commander Douglas Skinner from ''Interlude In Death'' standing out in particular. "Instead, he'd put in his fifty and then used that as a springboard in a run for Congress. And had fallen hard on his face. A half century of public service hadn't been enough to offset views so narrow even the most dug-in of the Conservative Party had balked. Added to that, his platform had swung unevenly from side to side. He was an unwavering supporter of the Gun Ban, something the Conservatives tried to overturn at every opportunity. Yet he beat the drum to reinstate the death penalty, which alienated the Liberals from mid-road to far left. He wanted to dissolve legal and regulated prostitution and strike out all legal and tax benefits for cohabitating couples. He preached about the sanctity of marriage, as long as it was heterosexual, but disavowed the government stipend for professional mothers. Motherhood, the gospel according to Skinner stated, was a God-given duty, and payment in its own right. His mixed-voice and muddled campaign had gone down in flames. However much he'd rebounded financially via lectures, books, and consults, Eve imagined he still bore the burns of that failure." Apparently, Skinner is supposed to be a Straw Conservative with [[The Fundamentalist]] mixed in, but even the Conservative Party didn't like him very much!
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