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"A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam." - which books do you think best manage to do this? (lemmy.world)
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I posted this on Reddit a while ago and it sparked some really good discussion and recommendations.

I really like The Expanse - as it doesn't just discuss the attempted terraforming of Mars and the colonisation of the Main Asteroid Belt but also

spoilerthe way that these communities decline when abundant habitable planets are discovered, where life is much easier.

So yeah, what are your best examples?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Almost anything by Peter F. Hamilton but particular shout out to the Commonwealth books, Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained. Two massive changes in particular - gateway style interplanetary travel, and de-aging technology.

It's a phenomenal story, with my favourite ever alien race, and probably my second favourite chapter ever written, but behind the story and inextricably integrated is a fascinating social exploration of how society could develop around those tech advances, from interplanetary politics to relationships.