![]() ![]() The family has been radically changed, with biological bonds downplayed for the bash’, a grouping of like-minded people who come together during college to form a household. This transport revolution has made the nation-state and its old rivalries obsolete - why live where you were born when you can live somewhere more compatible to your temperament and still work the same job? The nation-state has been replaced by seven large ethical allegiances, which anyone can choose to join. Ultra-fast transportation has made it possible to commute anywhere on Earth for work and play. Plot: Retro-futuristic utopia - with a flaw! (And I’m not saying that because this is only half a novel.) The 25th-century world of Too Like the Lightning is unlike our own in almost every way. ![]() The fifth Hugo Nominee is Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer: ![]()
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