10 Science Fiction Books about Politics

SFFWorld ^ | November 8, 2016 | Mark Yon

[EveningStar]

In this collection of potential reading, Mark Yon suggests books that you may appreciate whilst considering your vote.

It may have escaped your attention that during this week there are elections in the US.

Whilst we do not endorse any particular candidate or party at SFFWorld (and the person mainly writing this is non-US anyway!)  but on behalf of SFFWorld we thought we would compile a list of ten SF books that use politics as an important part of their world. Be warned – not all of these are future visions you may like…

[EveningStar]

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[Secret Agent Man]

any of these 10 things are just listbait clickbait bs.

if they were anything good they would not have to set them up this way.

[Cicero]

I’ve read them all. All excellent reading, even if the politics may not always please.

[Steely Tom]

Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination is about a lone individual at war with a corrupt elite in a very technologically advanced culture.

[null and void]

Odd that The Moon is a Harsh Mistress didn’t make the cut.

[circlecity]

I would not classify 1984 as science fiction.

[Bryanw92]

Most anything by John Ringo, Tom Kratman, and Michael Z. Williamson.

[Sasparilla]

I won’t do a click bait site, but Foundation Trilogy is right up there.

[WayneS]

I think Orson Scott Card's Speaker for the Dead should be on any top 10 list of SF books about politics. It's not just great Sci-fi, it rises to the level of great literature.

[P.O.E.]

“Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.”

Heinlein

[WayneS]

The democrat party considers it an instruction manual.

[Yo-Yo]

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, great example of how backroom dealings can derail an enthusiastic but naive group of first-time politicians. It reminded me of what the GOPe did to the TEA Party.

[King Moonracer]

Hey, there is tons of politics in the lensman seres, skylark too.

[TexasTransplant]

When I was a young lad Science Fiction was my escape?
I was in the Military and constantly deployed (my choice and preference)
Hurry up and Wait (Standard Operating Procedure) left many hours for reading.
I preferred Heinlein in SF but I read everything, my second favorite was Michener and as a bonus his books were longer.

[escapefromboston]

I randomly picked this book up years ago , never having heard anything about it and I loved it. I was surprised to see how old it was as it read like a fairly modern Sci-Fi novel.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Are ANY of the more bizarre than this year’s election? I doubt it.

[tbw2]

You might then like “In Conquest Born” by CJ Cherryh. Two vast warring interstellar empires that arose long after Earth is forgotten, two people born to the elite but fighting and embracing predetermined roles in their own way, amazing personal relationships and conflicts that span decades and a great twist revenge at the end.

[BenLurkin]

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[BenLurkin]

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