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A review by goldandsalt
노사관계론 by 이상수
4.0
I picked this up expecting cli-fi and speculative fiction. There is indeed some of that, but the majority of the book takes place in the past, not the future, and largely wrestles with the question of nonviolence vs tactical violence. It reads a bit like if Kim Stanley Robinson (one of the authors professed influences) was a social movements history buff rather than a natural sciences and engineering guy. I was sometimes confused, knowing that this is a work of fiction and has a speculative element, whether the social movements described were truthfully portrayed or whether the author had tweaked their outcomes to create a slightly different timeline. I was vaguely familiar with a lot of the events, but not so familiar that I knew whether I was reading fact or fiction.
In the end, I guess I craved a little more of the fictional parts and a little less of what was basically narrative nonfiction. This makes sense, given that the author is a narrative nonfiction writer first. But I do appreciate the effort to portray a livable future in the face of disastrous climate change.
If you're a scifi reader expecting scifi...you might be a bit disappointed. But if you're interested in social movements, nonviolent tactics and/or small scale rural community building, you might like this.
In the end, I guess I craved a little more of the fictional parts and a little less of what was basically narrative nonfiction. This makes sense, given that the author is a narrative nonfiction writer first. But I do appreciate the effort to portray a livable future in the face of disastrous climate change.
If you're a scifi reader expecting scifi...you might be a bit disappointed. But if you're interested in social movements, nonviolent tactics and/or small scale rural community building, you might like this.