Five SF Visions of Society Free From Rules, Regulations, or Effective Government

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Five SF Visions of Society Free From Rules, Regulations, or Effective Government

We're not using the L-word.

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[(Anonymous)]

It's quite an amusing read. I recall one part where the protagonist is going through a list of former presidents, which includes a Jean-Baptiste Huang! There were also natives and women on the list.

Smith's earlier books were fun, but as he went on he got crankier and more dogmatic.😑

-Awesome Aud

[(Anonymous)]

There was also, as I recall, at least one entry for "None of the Above" (not a name; the direct equivalent of "No Award" in the Hugo votes).

But the point of all of those diverse presidents was that in that timeline, the presidency was a weak, perhaps only ceremonial, office.