I love the culture series but is it really an anarchist society?
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In Excession it becomes clear that there’s a hierarchy of minds controlling everything.
SC is also not exactly the peace corps.
What exactly does “anarchist science fiction” mean? Stories written by anarchists? Stories with anarchist characters? Stories with anarchist settings? Stories that make anarchist political and social points? Stories with an “anarchist sensibility” (whatever that is)? Stories that anarchists will simply enjoy? All of the above? Who knows……
Because of this, I’ve taken a somewhat expansive approach and have included a number of non-anarchist political sci-fi novels in this list simply because I think anarchists would enjoy them. They comprise mayb
And the specific text under the Culture entry said
All are set in a galaxy-spanning, far-future anarchist and atheist society
huh
Might want to add a spoilers tag around that, since it’s a recommendation list and many (including myself) likely haven’t read them.
Sorry about that. Don’t worry it’s not central to the plot.
No worries ^^
The list is good. :) I found several reading suggestions and failed to come up with something to add.
Thanks for the list ! Will add to my reading list.
