RainbowDMacGyver

RainbowDMacGyver t1_j9ygu3t wrote

100% I just read that last month (and the sequel). Completely agree.

Indirect general spoilers**

In The Road >!the climate apocalypse seems to flatten all America into one wasteland with survivors leading somewhat similar lives.!<

In the Sower,

>!there's a sense of unevenness. Certain communities and groups are harder hit, others are sheltered. The way people need to rely on one another even when they can't trust one another. The way different states and cities are affected differently. The role of cops, militias/gangs and community security. THE DENIALISM and normalisation.!<

It was phenomenally detailed and real despite being more of a "sci-fi" work than The Road.

Oryx and Crake is another good one. I read it before reading any Octavia Butler so looking back, I think it owes a lot to Butler.

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RainbowDMacGyver t1_j9xvo8z wrote

It's bleak. I don't find it particularly realistic but as the other commenter said it doesn't have grand hero plots, it does feel real and hopeless.

I don't know what you mean by triggering. It's not graphic if that's what you mean. Compared to say Octavia Butler.

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