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I keep trying new ways to get people to read Charles Stross novels.
But I keep coming back to "he's one of the few writers who can really think through the interplay between politics, technology, and culture. Also, he writes women-as-people."
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#WritersCoffeeClub 17 Apr (contd)
We had a PERFECT example of this in the news headlines thanks to Israel/USA/Iran last month: Iran isn't just a theocracy it's a constitutional republic, like the USA in a funhouse mirror.
Foolish/ignorant western war-focussed policy-makers thought whacking the Supreme Leader would shatter the regime in Tehran. Instead, it triggered a prepared succession mechanism that installed a hard-liner, strengthening the determination of the regime to resist USA/Israel.
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