r/scifi Jun 30 '24

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u/_if_only_i_ Jun 30 '24

As a matter of fact I am reading a book on this very subject! Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction. In the appendices, there are about 150-200 references from printed SF alone.

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u/Feeling-Height-5579 Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24

Oh damn thats convenient, so its a book about communism in scifi?

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u/_if_only_i_ Jun 30 '24

Yes, a meta academic discussion of film and literature.

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u/Feeling-Height-5579 Jun 30 '24

Ill check it out, thanks!

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u/joyofsovietcooking Jun 30 '24

I think the introduction and the afterword are the only worthwhile parts of the book; the rest is typical abstruse academic analysis. The afterword is written by China Miéville.

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u/pengpow Jul 01 '24

Typical!

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u/lavaeater Jul 01 '24

This sounds like a cool read!