Which New Sci Fi Books Feature Diverse, Non-Western Futures?

2026-07-18 20:23:32
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MiraDavis
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Don't forget about graphic novels! 'The Many Deaths of Laila Starr' by Ram V and Filipe Andrade is set in a mythic, modern-day Mumbai where death is personified and out of a job.

It's a poignant, beautiful story about mortality, reincarnation, and the soul of a city evolving through time. The art and writing fuse to create a vision that's both timeless and urgently contemporary.
2026-07-20 12:46:05
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NightBee
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I'm a huge fan of older works that paved the way. Cordwainer Smith's 'Instrumentality of Mankind' stories, written in the mid-20th century, are deeply influenced by his childhood in China.

The result is a future history that feels profoundly strange and un-European, with underpeople and lords and a mystical, almost fairytale quality. It’s a reminder that non-Western futures in SF have a longer, weirder history than we sometimes acknowledge.
2026-07-22 23:46:59
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ReadRay
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paboritong basahin: Into Dystopia
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We have to mention Becky Chambers for crafting hopeful, inclusive futures, but specifically 'A Psalm for the Wild-Built' and its sequel. They imagine a solarpunk future on a moon called Panga.

While not explicitly non-Western, the society is post-capitalist, ecological, and centered on care—a radical departure from the conflict-driven, scarcity-based models that dominate Anglo-American SF. It’s a future built on different values, which is the most important diversity of all.
2026-07-23 01:31:38
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4 Answers2026-07-18 07:01:30
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