I’ve been reading a lot of non-fiction and theory recently and was looking for a break.

I’ve read a lot of Ursula K. le Guin but don’t really know any other leftist fiction writers so any recommendations are welcome.

  • discontinuuity [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. It's set in the near future where climate change has caused massive droughts in the Southwest US and Las Vegas is a powerful city-state fighting a covert war against Phoenix for water rights.

    The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. One of the saddest books I've ever read. It's about a black teenage girl growing up in Southern California as the United States collapses and a right-wing Christian theocracy takes over. She invents a new religion and starts to build a community with other survivors.

    Singularity Sky by Charles Stross. It's partially a retelling of the October Revolution, but with post-singularity space colonies. The story is fun and goofy and weird.