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Ecotopia
by Ernest Callenbach
This is a good book with an excellent concept. Though there are some parts I'm not a huge fan of.
The author basically imagined a perfect communist/socialist dream society but without abandoning capitalism all together which made it even more un-realistic. Basically go big or go home. It almost felt as if the few mentions of capitalism were there just to pacify.
Also he breezed through any idpol issues. If you weren't white and heterosexual you barely (or not at all) existed in ecotopia. I think there was one brief mention of homosexuality but 0 mentions of trans, bi, pans, ace, etc. people. Race was briefly mentioned in his separate city-state ideas and I don't actually think it was handled that poorly but could have used some expansion.
Also the women were generally portrayed as hyper sexual beings. They were characters in their own right so they weren't necessarily just tools of the protagonist which is a nice change from a lot of writing. But focusing on their sexuality so much undercut that a lot.
The author basically imagined a perfect communist/socialist dream society but without abandoning capitalism all together which made it even more un-realistic. Basically go big or go home. It almost felt as if the few mentions of capitalism were there just to pacify.
Also he breezed through any idpol issues. If you weren't white and heterosexual you barely (or not at all) existed in ecotopia. I think there was one brief mention of homosexuality but 0 mentions of trans, bi, pans, ace, etc. people. Race was briefly mentioned in his separate city-state ideas and I don't actually think it was handled that poorly but could have used some expansion.
Also the women were generally portrayed as hyper sexual beings. They were characters in their own right so they weren't necessarily just tools of the protagonist which is a nice change from a lot of writing. But focusing on their sexuality so much undercut that a lot.