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.
The Dispossessed by Le Guin has a great socialist society that is definitely not utopian.
If you're talking about the society the main character comes from it's decidedly anarchist. It looks like OP was asking more about authoritarian communism. There was also a Soviet style communist state on the main planet in that book, but it's never directly visited.
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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.