A Novel
by Elan Mastai
Recommended by Adam Sharp
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All Our Wrong Todays opens with a high‑concept twist: the protagonist wakes in a messy, imperfect 2016 after stealing a time machine from a technoutopian timeline, then settles into a character-first tale about guilt, identity, and the cost of 'better' futures. The useful part is how bright retro‑future details become backdrop for messy human moments rather than endless gadget showmanship. The limiting part is a tonal wobble—long middle sections favor introspective romance and moral rumination over forward momentum. If you want pure concept-driven SF, this can feel slow.
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You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have Well, it happened. In Tom Barren's 2016, humanity thrives in a technoutopian paradise of flying cars, moving sidewalks, and moon bases, where avocados never go bad and punk rock never existed . . . because it wasn't necessary. Except Tom just can't seem to find his place in this dazz...
Difficulty:hard
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Time Travel, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.
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“Was one of the stars of my 2020 reading list. Looking forward to watching this!”
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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