Escape, lineage, oppressed labor, and underdog revenge

October 26, 2021 8:46 AM

Two scifi stories of underdog revenge in an unfair future. "The Last of the Redmond Billionaires" by Peter Watts is a very dark vignette in a climate refugee future. "The Stillness of the Stars" by Jessica Snell (formerly McAdams) is a happier space thriller on a generation ship, about escaping past the steerage-class wall.
posted by brainwane (4 comments total)

First one definitely read The Rich Are Entering Their Escape Pods... Or something similar. I like "Zero pointers" added to "One percenters" to describe the fleeing rich. That bit at the end softens it unnecessarily, though.
posted by subdee at 9:20 AM on October 26, 2021

Thanks for linking to these OP! I really liked the second one.
posted by subdee at 9:43 AM on October 26, 2021

well Peter Watts does it again. (I agree the ending is a surprising bit of self-deprecating...humor?) I love his work, and really like the worlds he creates, but I definitely don't want to live in them...
posted by supermedusa at 11:17 AM on October 26, 2021

Peter 'are you sure you're not a p-zombie?' Watts
posted by kaibutsu at 6:54 PM on October 26, 2021 [1 favorite]