tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post2646213549887268195..comments2024-03-22T08:58:54.753-06:00Comments on Hugo Book Club Blog: The thoughtless utopiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-72248063304386127642018-12-01T10:15:23.424-07:002018-12-01T10:15:23.424-07:00I'd suggest Jo Walton's "Thessaly&quo...I'd suggest Jo Walton's "Thessaly" series and Ada Palmer's "Terra Ignota" series as recent novels grappling with, at least, *attempts* at utopia.Standbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877817311001333712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022769091032248225.post-27322594000479603152018-11-30T11:59:56.641-07:002018-11-30T11:59:56.641-07:00Asimov once wrote that all speculative stories wer...Asimov once wrote that all speculative stories were either "What if . . ." "If only . . ." or "If this goes on . . ." stories, where the middle one was for utopia stories. "If only we had a replicator, all our social problems would go away." "If only we had enough vibranium, everyone would live in peace and harmony--even with an absolute monarch who thinks he's a big cat."<br /><br />It doesn't seem to work for dystopias; the ones in print seem to all be "if this goes on" stories.<br /><br />Anyway, I think there's a distinction between a story that happens to be <i>set</i> in a utopia (e.g. <i>Star Trek</i> and <i>Black Panther</i>) vs. a story that's <i>about</i> a utopia. That said, I'm hard-pressed to think of an example of a recent story that's about a utopia.Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com