Post by: tyme on August 05, 2007, 05:17:48 PM
Snow Crash
Jennifer Government
Freehold
Post by: Rocketman56 on August 05, 2007, 06:54:25 PM
Robert Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"..
-Steve
Post by: lee n. field on August 06, 2007, 03:01:52 AM
Most anything that won the Prometheus Award
Post by: Sergeant Bob on August 06, 2007, 05:07:27 AM
Edited to remove the "World Public Library" link, which is no longer allowing free downloads.
Post by: MechAg94 on August 06, 2007, 05:29:43 AM
In reading the Moon is a Harsh Mistress it is interesting to see Heinlein's view of the US and other countries as compared to today.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 06, 2007, 05:32:20 AM
Job: A Comedy of Justice comes to mind, but not if you are an easily offended Christian.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!!
Post by: lee n. field on August 06, 2007, 11:21:10 AM
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You might try some Ursula LeGuinn. She did one (can't remember the name) about a planet which was a creative anarchy.
The Dispossessed, subtitled "an ambiguous utopia". From what I recall reading of it (lo these many decades ago) Annares seemed like a pretty dreary place to be.
Ken McLeod's Cassini Division features (on this side of the magic hole to elsewhere) a socialist anarchy. I think this is what-cha-call "post scarcity anarchism", with, in this case, magic nano-tech providing an unending cornucopia of stuff. On the far side of the magic hole to elsewhere is an accidental colony of anarchocapitalists. The Stone Canal tells the other half of that story.
McLeod has kind of an interesting take on politics. The categories he works with aren't American. I think he might have been a Trotskyite at one point.
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Job: A Comedy of Justice comes to mind,
I don't recall anything overtly anarchist|libertarian in that book, unless Texas (aka Hell) counts.
Post by: Sergeant Bob on August 06, 2007, 01:09:56 PM
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You might try some Ursula LeGuinn. She did one (can't remember the name) about a planet which was a creative anarchy.
The Dispossessed, subtitled "an ambiguous utopia". From what I recall reading of it (lo these many decades ago) Annares seemed like a pretty dreary place to be.
Been a long time since I read it but, now that I think of it, the planet was more akin to "Utopian Communism" than it was to anarchy.
Post by: Nitrogen on August 06, 2007, 04:40:07 PM
And the book is REALLY odd, but very good. (The main character gets a sex change 1/3 into the book.)
This book also has a great description of a nanny state vs. a libertarian society, and the eventual collapse of the nanny state.
Post by: Antibubba on August 06, 2007, 08:31:22 PM
Post by: BakerMikeRomeo on August 07, 2007, 01:09:04 PM
...Cassini Division ...
The Stone Canal...
Man, I read those books years ago as a kid.
I must have not understood them AT. ALL.
I liked them, though; I need to find 'em again.
~BakerMike
Post by: MechAg94 on August 07, 2007, 03:52:19 PM
Job: A Comedy of Justice comes to mind, but not if you are an easily offended Christian.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!!
Post by: MechAg94 on August 07, 2007, 03:54:07 PM
Post by: MechAg94 on August 07, 2007, 04:07:38 PM
Mother of Demons - Eric Flint
Tunnel in the Sky - Robert Heinlein
March Upcountry - David Weber
The Legacy of Heorot - Niven, Pournelle, Barnes
Rats, Bats, and Vats - Eric Flint (Not sure it fits your criteria, but I can recommend it enough. 2nd book even better)
Hard to find good SciFi that fit your categories. Most try to involve epic battles with large govts. 3 of the above are about high Tech people stuck in low tech worlds.
Post by: lee n. field on August 07, 2007, 04:13:21 PM
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Man, I read those books years ago as a kid.
Years ago? You must not be very old.
Other books: Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky.
Post by: MechAg94 on August 07, 2007, 04:20:42 PM
Post by: BakerMikeRomeo on August 07, 2007, 05:23:33 PM
Years ago? You must not be very old.
At the time of this writing, I'm only 20. I think I read The Cassini Division and The Stone Road either at the beginning of high school or some time during middle school.
But yeah, didn't get a lick of 'em. I need to find all four and read them in the right order, I guess.
~BakerMike
Post by: Sindawe on August 07, 2007, 05:28:46 PM
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 07, 2007, 06:57:52 PM
a planet full of hippies
Nuke it from orbit. That atmo would NOT be breathable.