3/ * Starship Troopers - made me realize that a novel could serve the role of an uncle or a scoutmaster: instructing the reader on how the universe works, and how life works
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14/ * The Fall Revolution series by Ken MacLeod, bc it made me realize that very strange and subtle politics (not just bog standard red team / blue team / libertarianism) could be expressed in novel form. Cemented my dislike for Ayn Rand's "lecture" approach.
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15/ * Pedido Street Station by China Mieville, for similar reasons. Dude's a Marxist, but he can WRITE. Also, he - like Ken - doesn't LECTURE you about his politics. He just creates a world according to his axioms and lets you watch and learn as it plays out.
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16/ There are more: need to mention Iain Banks, Larry Niven, and others. But that's a start.
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