i am in a very specific kind of phase and am craving a few different kinds of books but they're all kinda in the same branch of each other and may have overlapping topics
•anti fascist, anti government, anti authoritarian
•dystopian, post apocalyptic, post nuclear apocalyptic
•anti war, anti capitalist, historical fiction, anti nuclear war
•good guys don't always have to win, but i do want some stories where the good guys win
•can be a series, or just a novel
i am a huge fallout fan, the video games and the tv show. huge hunger games fan, all the movies and the books. i also like the way brandon sanderson writes, his worldbuilding is amazing. i do like YA stuff but im not picky.
by iHaveissuesSadly
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Iron Council by China Mieville
China Mieville is likely your best bet, but be warned: his books are difficult. He tends to drop the reader in without any context or exposition dumping, so it takes time to get your sea legs. It’s always worth it, though.
As someone else said, Iron Council is very much what you’re looking for, and it’s the third in a series called Bas Lag. The second book, The Scar, is probably my favorite book ever written.
Ursula K LeGuin, a big influence on Mieville, also has books with excellent politics. Maybe check out The Lathe of Heaven or The Dispossessed.
The Parable of Sower and it’s sequel The Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler are also good ones to check out.
**The EOM Expression** by DPForesi is a long (1,300 pages IIRC) novel with 13 human protagonists that the story weaves together.
Its core concept is a large group of people leave the solar system to establish their own form of laissez-faire government only to face an attempt to coerce them back under control. It’s a fascinating story that enlightens and explains political might and failings, power lust, bureaucracy entrenchment, and late-stage empires; not a popcorn read.
The author puts forth some intriguing technology concepts and the technicals (scene depiction, word choice, sentence structure) of his writing are very good. The story itself contains some “dream” sequences and other author-choices that didn’t strike a chord with my personal tastes. Following along at the beginning was a little difficult, but sooner AND later everything came together.
Its one BIG flaw, though, is the copy I have from June of 2024 sorely needs copy editing. There are a lot of typos, a few missing words, and some serious dialogue punctuation problems that threw me out of the immersion. And yet, I was enthralled enough to read it three times.