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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
I do, however, rely upon awards (and nominations)
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Some awards are popularity contests, others are by a small committee, and in all of them you'll find some very puzzling choices from time to time
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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
Political-based fiction
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Since "everything is political" you'll need to qualify it more.
Do you mean fiction where people are arguing over policy and societal structure, or fiction about topics that align with the current real-life social struggles?
Most "epic fantasy" involves the ruling class, which means politics, since they make decisions that affect the people they rule over, and
there's a lot of that in City of Brass, from what I'm reading. And it also has the other kind I mentioned.
Den of Geek's review describes it as "a rich historical fantasy world which works as escapist fiction, while also drawing topical parallels to our current sociopolitical situation".