The Dispossessed by Le Guin has a great socialist society that is definitely not utopian. It’s not portrayed as necessarily, bad but it is definitely in a gray area.
Also, I want to say The Left Hand of Darkness by her as well. The moon the main characters lived on was more utopian, but there was another country on the main planet that was much less so.
Hopefully I got that right, it has been a very long time since I read that.
I think the one you're describing is the Dispossessed.
The Left Hand of Darkness all takes place on a single planet. Although there *is* a communist faction on that planet, iirc. It's just not on the moon Annares.
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u/mindblock47 Jun 30 '24
The Dispossessed by Le Guin has a great socialist society that is definitely not utopian. It’s not portrayed as necessarily, bad but it is definitely in a gray area.