From: "Kevin Carson" <kevin_carson-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: RE: Lib-Caps are Dumb. Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:29:37 +0000 I'm also a big fan of Ken MacLeod's work. He's one of the best near-future scenarists in the trade. Every time I read the Fall Revolution series, I find something new in it. I recently stumbled across Cosmonaut Keep, so that's got me started on another series. >From: Ali Kazmi <thekazmis2001-AT-yahoo.com> >Reply-To: Ali Kazmi <thekazmis2001-AT-yahoo.com> >To: anarchy-list-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu >Subject: Lib-Caps are Dumb. >Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:08:07 -0800 (PST) > >--- Andrew 'Wes' Weston <ghost-AT-mnsi.net> wrote: > > > > (For american sf fans, if you haven't read Ken > > Kcleod, > > > please do, one of the better scottish exports) > > > > <de-lurk> > > > > Strange you should mention that. I am currently > > reading the second novel in > > MacLeod's "Engines of Light" trilogy, a book called > > "Dark Light". Good > > stuff. MacLeod is quite consciously adding elements > > of socialist politics to > > his books, and I like that. Makes for a nice change > > from a lot of older > > scifi which has always seemed to have a serious > > hard-on for capitalism IMO. > > >Engines of Light is ok, though he gets a bit lost in >the end (sorry), the fall revolution ones are much >better, "Star Fraction", "the Stone Canal" "Cassini >Division" and I have forgotten the forth one's title. > > > Have you read any Iain M. Banks? He's another Scot > > and indeed is a good > > friend of MacLeod's. I think Banks is probably the > > better known of the two, > > at least in the UK. I had a hard time finding both > > writers and ended up > > having a British friend mail me some of Banks' > > books, an expensive way to > > read... > >I have read Banks, and even though his Culture is an >anarchy, it is a utopia, (i.e. technology gives >endless supply so no want)and therefore fantasy, >McLeod is more into near future, social revolution, >and makes a much more interesting read from political >point of view. The best Banks book, politicswise, >would be "The Player of Games". > > > Another explicitly socialist writer, that many > > people seem to like right > > now, is China Mieville. I read his Perdido Street > > Station and found it a > > little too busy and chaotic for my tastes, but he > > definitely seems to have a > > lot of fans. He's sort of a cross between horror, > > scifi and fantasy, though > > usually filed under fantasy. > >China has much more socio/political theme in his new >book "The Iron Council", But a bit of a tough read as >his prose has become more convoluted and flowery, and >at times you wish some editor had taken a savage >blanko to the manuscript. > >Kim Stanley Robinson and something Hendrix are also >writers with an anarchist bent. > > >But you are right, different political/social themes >are creeping into sf. > >Cheers > >Ali > >(Of course, you have read "The Dispossessed" by Ursala >Le Guin?) > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
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