I’m slowly getting through This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman. There’s some really interesting worldbuilding going on around neurodivergence and how social customs can facilitate understanding and mutual respect, but I’m a little turned off by the capitalistic, predatory, cyberpunk space opera setting, hence the slowness.
Science and technology wise the books are great, but I got disappointed because the politics dont make much sense.
I’ve only seen the show, and very little of it. How far do they go beyond just being contemporary politics set in space?
Its been a few years since I read the books, so I don’t remember any concrete examples. But for a show this focused on politics, a lot of the decisions that the factions make just arent very rational (in my opinion).