Status Updates From Guerra eterna (The Forever ...

One of the most recurring themes in the novel is the protagonist’s return to a homeland that has become foreign. The unsettling realization that the protagonist and everyone else on Earth were drugged to be happy and that the elderly were discarded with ruthless efficiency was well-written and gradually developed.

if i had a nickel for every scifi allegory for the vietnam war i’ve picked up this year i’d have two nickels. that isn’t a lot of nickels, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice