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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 12:48 PM Original message |
The Best Political Science Fiction |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Philip K Dick's The Unteleported Man |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. so much of pkd is about the little guy lost in capitalism or suburbia or advertising |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Yes started in 1999 |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. It's been a hard wait |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Actually it was originally Sturgeon's Revelation.. |
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aeronca7ac (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Many |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
68. all the pohl/kornbluth collaborations are worth a read |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. The whole original Dune series. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
72. Absolutely! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. John Wyndham's novel "The Chrysalids" |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. It was published in the US as "Re-Birth" |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Paul Theroux's "O-Zone" |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. "The Cage", by Audrey Schulman: "Heavy Weather" (Bruce Sterling) |
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sciouscience (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Heavy Weather weas funny in 1996 or so... |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. ?? I'm not a Crichton fan either -- did he write a book of the same title? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I referrred to the movie version of Andromeda Strain |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. thanks for the heads-up on the Walling story ... |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. John Barnes |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Here's one |
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sciouscience (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. well, obviously (but nice choice!) The Unteleported Man, but what about... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. PKD claimed the goverment went after him after "Faith of Our Fathers" |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. Yes, even his non science fiction works were often political |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. 'Fail-Safe,' of course |
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minkyboodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Ursula K. LeGuin has had several political works |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. also, "Always Coming Home" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
58. Left Hand of Darkness is an eye opening meditation on gender |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Kim Stanley Robinson's latest trilogy about Washington and global warming. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
64. another trilogy! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. No no no! Don't put down the Years of Rice and Salt. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Robert Heinlein's "Revolution in 2100" |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. No Nehemiah Scudder story, because Heinlein hated him so. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. Brazil n/t |
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Pyrzqxgl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Night Watch subset of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Jingo! Pratchett is an acute observer of human nature and human folly |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 06:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Good Ol' Bill Door |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. YES! |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I loved Small Gods! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Fahrenheit 451" |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. Here's a few more-"Gattaca", for one |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Norman Spinnard "Bug Jack Barron" |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. And KSR's earlier Three Califonias Trilogy |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. the orange county trilogy and the mars trilogy are my favorites |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. The Weapon Shops of Isher |
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Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. "The right to buy weapons is the right to be free..." |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Thanks! I enjoyed it a lot... |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. Many of Kim Stanley Robinson's novels. |
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heart of darkness (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. Surprisingly, no one mentioned |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. What's really frightening is that they _both_ are accurate. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. 1984 by George Orwell,and The Time Machine by HG Wells |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
39. Nancy Kress Beggars series |
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Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
42. Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. I was reading down through the thread to list this book. |
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OxQQme (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
45. Ernest Callenbach's |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
46. Harry Turtledove and Orson Scott Card. |
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OxQQme (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. Sheri S. Tepper |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. as an aside: Teppers shapeshifter series would make wonderful |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
48. Lois McMaster Bujold's books |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. They say great characters make great books |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Miles, a character to love |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
49. Seriously? Here's a few: |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
51. Max Barry "Jennifer Government" |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
59. Several of Ken McLeod's books are essentially "future politics" more than SF. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
65. Babylon 5 |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. Three that I would recommend |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
69. 'Waterbound' by Jane Stemp |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
70. Iron Council, by China Meiville |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. I really dig China Meiville's books |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
71. "Earth" by David Brin n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:26 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. I liked that one a lot. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
73. How could I have forgotten Frederik Pohl? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
74. Player Piano, by Kurt Vonnegut |
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