I posted this on Reddit a while ago and it sparked some really good discussion and recommendations.
I really like The Expanse - as it doesn’t just discuss the attempted terraforming of Mars and the colonisation of the Main Asteroid Belt but also
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the way that these communities decline when abundant habitable planets are discovered, where life is much easier.
So yeah, what are your best examples?
Why does it say 4 comments but I only see two at the moment?
Also related which books have less extreme future scenarios?
For example I liked some of Cory Doctorow’s books, even though they’re YA books and not great necessarily, because they weren’t as extreme as 1984 or Brave New World so a bit more believable. The Expanse is alright for this too aside from all the aliens stuff.
I remember one of his that included people tossing Barbie-doll heads into shredders to then use the plastic for 3D printers, but for the life of me I can’t remember what book that was or what it was actually about.
That sounds like Makers but I don’t remember that specifically.