Doesn't need to be explicitly political can just be vibes. I'm just getting very tired of every main character being either a gruff rugged individualist or a bazinga nerdy individualist. Thanks

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    • facow [he/him, any]
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      1 year ago

      Some of the recent ones I've read and enjoyed were the Rosewater series, Annihilation, Blindsight, 3 Body Problem

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        • iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]
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          1 year ago

          2312 is also by Kim Stanley Robinson but with post-capitalism firmly established (at least in space; I forget what was going on on Earth). If you like worldbuilding you might like it. The main character is kind of individualist though...

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        • danisth [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          The Mars Trilogy is great, I just finished it. Some weird bashing of the Soviet Union, but otherwise there's a pretty decent political backdrop to the story.

        • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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          1 year ago

          The wandering earth

          These are 2 movies on Netflix btw, for anyone interested. Over the top Chinese Action flix, but a fun watch.

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            • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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              1 year ago

              They're about 2 major events that happen within the Wandering Earth universe, I guess? A close call with Jupiter and a prequel in the building of the engine system.

              Edit: I haven't read the book, so....🤷‍♂️

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                • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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                  1 year ago
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                  Execution? Not really? I don't think so? In both movies, there's mass death events, but not an execution... In the prequel they have the mass self-sacrifice to get the moon propelled away? The second movie starts with the elevator blowing up and ends with the moon being propelled away/ Earth starting up.

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                    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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                      1 year ago
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                      Ah, no, i don't remember either of the movies covering that. The prequel happens at a point where everything is accepted and there's factions arguing over how humanity should be preserved. But really the movies are about the fight against nature rather than factions.

      • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        Have you read the sequels to Annihilation yet? If you haven’t, you should, they’re very good