Yesterday I started reading California Bones by Greg van Eekhout. I stopped a few chapters in and switched to re-reading The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. I realized when I continued reading this morning that the books have in common that a POV character in each has as a revolutionary goal, Good Government. Not conquest and empire, but infrastructure and opportunity.
This says something about our world. I was thinking back on SFF books I've read recently:
John Scalzi's The End of All Things and Harry Connolly's A Key, An Egg, An Unfortunate Remark both have good governance as aims of major characters.
It's a form of competence porn, I suppose, and one I find attractive and like to read. Hmmm.
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