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Rulers, institutions, and struggles over who decides.

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217 books in power & politics

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Space opera2006

Against the Tide (Council of War)

John Ringo

2.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Power & politics2008

Ancients

An Event Group Adventure (Event Group Thrillers)

David Lynn Golemon

2.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2010

Veracity

a novel

Laura Bynum

2.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Power & politics1998

Distraction

Bruce Sterling

3.0(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2007

Better to Beg Forgiveness . . . (Freehold)

Michael Z. Williamson

2.0(2)Open Library rating out of 5

Power & politics1935

It Can't Happen Here

A Novel

Sinclair Lewis

3.7(20)Open Library rating out of 5

Power & politics2009

Julian Comstock

a story of 22nd-century America

Robert Charles Wilson

2.8(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1999

Moonfall

Jack McDevitt

2.5(4)Open Library rating out of 5

New societies1907

The Iron Heel

Jack London

3.5(20)Open Library rating out of 5

Climate futures2005

Fifty Degrees Below

Kim Stanley Robinson

2.4(5)Open Library rating out of 5

Power & politics2002

Interface

Neal Stephenson

2.9(9)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel1936

Anthem

Ayn Rand; classics jifara; Spectrum Spectrum Classics

3.5(53)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds1999

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick

3.6(130)Open Library rating out of 5

Power & politics2001

Deception Point

Dan Brown

3.4(117)Open Library rating out of 5

Power & politics1936

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand; Sophie Bastide-Foltz; Adrian Rand

3.3(118)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2013

1984

Robert Icke; Duncan Macmillan

Awaiting reader ratings

Dystopian worlds2000

1984 With Connections

With Connections (Hrw Library)

George Orwell

Awaiting reader ratings

Alternate history2006

A Government of Anarchy

Michael Dethier

Awaiting reader ratings

Power & politics1999

A Means, Motive, and Opportunity

A Novel of Conspiracy, Controversy, and Corruption

Louis J. Calabrese

Awaiting reader ratings

Alternate history2003

A Mystery in Naples (Picas Series)

Ermanno Rea

Awaiting reader ratings

Power & politics1974

American Government Through Science Fiction

Joseph D. Olander; Martin H. Greenberg

Awaiting reader ratings

Alternate history2012

Angels of Vengeance

John Birmingham

Awaiting reader ratings

Power & politics1996

Angloman 2

money, ethnics, superheroes

Mark Shainblum

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Power & politics2007

Animal Fram X6

George Orwell; Phil Page

Awaiting reader ratings

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