Tag: Dystopia
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Cixin Liu: The Wandering Earth
In 2008, The Three-Body Problem was a global literary sensation, and now that the adaptation is on Netflix, it’s got all the hype. Whether you like the series or not, and have contemplated to read the by now 4-body tetralogy, starting with a shorter piece of Liu’s work may be a good idea. The Wandering…
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Robert Merle: The Virility Factor
Literary-prize winning French authors are not afraid of writing speculative fiction. Long before “The Anomaly”, renowned French author Robert Merle had already published several works that could be categorised either as soft SF or speculative fiction, including post-apocalyptic “Malevil,” ethology SF “The Day of the Dolphin,” and dystopian feminist “The Virility Factor.” Categories, as often,…
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Ben H Winters: The Last Policeman
Waiting for the imminent end of the world is a well-navigated topic in SF – from absolute classic “On the Beach” (Shute) to Wilson’s amazing “Spin”. Reading The Last Policemen frequently brought to mind both novels – the narrative thread of searching for meaning in the face of annihilation, obviously, but with Spin, also in…