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interesting, can you point me to some examples?

• purpleflashing 19d ago
  Early works set in the Noon Universe[0] by brothers Strugatsky were pretty optimistic in spirit. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon_Universe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon_Universe
  • vova_hn2 19d ago
    I also wanted to mention the Noon Universe, but I have to point out that two of the most famous books of the series(Трудно быть богом - Hard to Be a God[0]; Обитаемый остров - The Inhabited Island[1]), which are also my favorite books of the series, are also sort of set in a dystopian world. They had to sneak some dystopian worlds into the utopian universe to make it more interesting. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_to_Be_a_God https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_to_Be_a_God [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_Power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_Power
    • purpleflashing 19d ago
      I'd say that everything post Hard to Be a God had either a streak of disillusionment or something like anxiety over, idk, incomprehensability of the universe and progress, but early works were pretty uplifitng. "Noon 22nd Century" was very optimistic and inspiring, I really liked it as a kid and dreamt of becoming like the scientists in these stories. Even something like "Far Rainbow" had a grim plot but an uplifting sentiment regarding the nature of human spirit so to say? The tragedy happened but people faced it with strength and honor, so to speak.