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Love it! Are there works based on this idea?
by GuB-42 5y ago
Love it! Are there works based on this idea?
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoOne that comes to mind is Cory Doctorow's Walkaway[1] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkaway_(Doctorow_novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkaway_(Doctorow_novel)
- datameta 5y agoThe Culture series by Iain M Banks. The Culture is a pan-galactic post-scarcity Type I/II civilization of transhumans. The novels often revolve around the dealings with other civilizations of many different tech levels (including medieval and steam age).
- worldsayshi 5y agoOne example is the most classic solarpunk novel, the Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. It deals with the tension between a capitalist society (not really cyberpunk) and a anarcho socialist outer planet colony on the corresponding moon. It doesn't paint the alternative society as a perfect utopia. It has its strengths and weaknesses. And it deals a lot with the cultural chock of someone who travels between. It doesn't deal that much with environmental issues though. And I feel like Cory Doctorow's walkaway is a lot like this. I bought it but I haven't gotten into it. His writing style can sometimes throw me off a bit.