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scarletlib

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7. Both New York 2140 & Ministry for the Future were excellent.

Reply to scarletlib (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 12, 2023, 04:37 PM

Feb 2023

Mr Robinson is clearly no fan of capitalism. It was evident in the Mars Trilogy. As far as I know, he may have been the first to use the term transnational for corporations.

The Ministry for the Future was advocating subversion as a way to fight climate deniers and polluters. It may come to that.

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