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One thing I'll say for the current era is that it has made a lot of such fiction appear more realistic in hindsight. Another example is the Silo book series, recently adapted to a series on Apple TV. I remember reading those books thinking it was insane than the people would act in such clearly counter-productive ways against their own interests, or that leadership would make up elaborate lies rather than just tellin…
I’ve really enjoyed the TV series (so far). Would you recommend reading the books – either before or after watching future seasons? While watching the first two seasons, I still haven’t understood why the creators of the silos wouldn’t just have told people the truth to avoid the dysfunctionality that results from the cognitive dissonance that the leadership has to maintain. Telling the truth would also preclude the…
The TV series has included extra things that the books do not have, which haven’t added much to the plot, just a slower pace.