FantasticFox

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Books where the species aren't politically unified? (lemmy.world)
 

It's a common trope in sci-fi that Earth has a World Government and similarly the Aliens have only one government as well.

But in historical First Contact scenarios like the discovery of the New World the fact that the groups involved were not unified played a major role - think Cortes using the other groups to overthrow the Aztecs, or the various alliances that North American tribes had with different European powers.

Are there any books that deal with this scenario? Like I imagine that if First Contact happened at the height of the Cold War, there would be incredible fear about the other side being able to leverage the aliens for an advantage.

"A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam." - which books do you think best manage to do this? in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
[โ€“] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago

I've read a deepness in the sky, I really liked it. I didn't realise it was the second book!

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"A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam." - which books do you think best manage to do this? (lemmy.world)
 

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

spoilerthe way that these communities decline when abundant habitable planets are discovered, where life is much easier.

So yeah, what are your best examples?

How the beehaw defederation affects us in c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
[โ€“] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I can understand wanting to have a well-moderated community.

What I don't understand is how they expect to do that with a moderation team of just 4 people.

I guess now people will just leave Beehaw, its communities that were popular here will be replaced by others in the Fediverse and life will go on. The Fediverse is built to be resilient to such changes.