Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: vallor Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Stories About Underground Resistance Movements Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 11:55:43 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 13:55:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4238bd1280a07988b7dee64f4559424e"; logging-data="1100048"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ptU+0yPqmS3534Mpaf2SJ" User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Hmm4; 7b109588; Linux-6.14.6) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6TeDKpimjafuwPWjuwCnTyuIbJQ= X-Face: \}2`P"_@pS86<'EM:'b.Ml}8IuMK"pV"?FReF$'c.S%u9) wrote in : > In article , > Tony Nance wrote: >>On 3/24/25 12:10 PM, James Nicoll wrote: >>> Five SFF Stories About Underground Resistance Movements >>> >>> Taking a stand, while facing overwhelming odds. >>> >>> >>https://reactormag.com/five-sff-stories-about-underground-resistance- movements/ >> >>Interesting! >> >>I've read the Russell and the Le Guin, and I've seen Red Dawn. >> >>The first Russell I thought of was Wasp, though perhaps that doesn't >>count?[1] > > I thought of that one, but decided it doesn't. The guy isn't a > resistent member of the polity, he's a planted saboteur from the other > side. > > >>And the first Heinlein I thought of was TMIAHM. > > I believe there is a resistance subplot in _Red Planet_, > settlers vs The Corporation or something like that. Also Heinlein's _Revolt in 2100_, one of my favs. I remember references to "Hawaii Free State" (?) in the narrative, I guess they were spared becoming part of Nehemiah Scudder's theocracy. -- -v