[ SECRET POST #6257 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6257 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Unexpected Star - Michael McIntyre's Big Show]



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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 07 secrets from Secret Submission Post #894.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

PLEASE REC ME SOME DEPRESSING SFF. like actual grimdark i wasnt sure what this secret was talking about bc i feel like theres too much hopepunk tbh

[(Anonymous)]

YOU should read War Dogs and Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky

it's not bleak bleak bleak, there's people trying so hard to make things better, but it's definitely...there's a grinding sense of temporariness at each victory and reprieve, a grimy realism that the fundamental forces of capital and greed and us-versus-them mindsets don't just disappear, a constant reminder that progress isn't a straight line, that more advanced technology doesn't make us less irrational or dangerous animals (pun not intended), it only means we have more powerful tools at our untrustworthy disposal

it's not a crushing book but it's a very disquieting one that doesn't flinch from "how would the worst people in the world actually use [scifi premise here]", I firmly felt like it's answer to "will we figure things out, will it get better or worse" was "it's too soon to say"

also The Postmortal by Drew Magary is definitely grimdark IMO, things just get worse and worse and worse and worse until [spoilers] almost comes as a relief. I personally found the worldbuilding there enthralling but the POV character insufferable, but if you want something relentlessly that still feels clever and prescient in its scifi situation, The Postmortal will scratch that itch.