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Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w... by CGMthrowaway on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:40PM (#50445248)
What I found most interesting about The End of Everything is that the book aligns better with Trump's rhetoric (the "fake news" of apocalpse, the uselessness of global institutions, a cynical anti-establishment mood) than with someone like e.g. Hillary Clinton's ideals (e.g. the rules based order and that well-crafted policy by experts can overcome global disaster), even though the author specifically wrote it to criticize the very mindset that Trump represents. Our politics are broken
Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w... by tpholland on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:06PM (#50447594)
It really doesn't. It doesn't say anything at all about fake news or global institutions and there certainly isn't any cynical anti-establishment mood. Your politics are probably broken, but please don't drag M John Harrison into this. What did you make of Hampson? You thought he was a cypher for some US political figure I suppose. How does Hampson link to characters like Yaxley or Kearney?
Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w... by CGMthrowaway on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:27PM (#50463074)
Youre confusing an argument about the political implications of the books worldview with a claim that its characters are american political allegories. The book can reject Trump's mindset while at the same time inadvertently reinforce his rhetoric via undermining confidence in the institutions and experts that are supposed to counter it