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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
An oral history of a fictional global revolution and the new world that is brought to birth through the ashes of the old.
The book is described as a love letter to abolitionist possibilities, and I could not agree with that more. The way it was told (in an interview style) is so inventive and seems to reference real world oral histories that we have collected, like those of Studs Terkel, that are so important in saving our past. The actual content of the interviews, going through how this revolution took place and all of the avenues that opened up for people to live their lives in community and care for one another was really heartening to read.
I think that some of the movements brought up deserved longer than just a chapter, and it was really hard to believe that so much (especially around gestation) would change in such a short amount of time. I guess mostly the gestation chapter was really confusing to me.
Overall, really inspiring, I really like hopeful sci-fi like this!
The book is described as a love letter to abolitionist possibilities, and I could not agree with that more. The way it was told (in an interview style) is so inventive and seems to reference real world oral histories that we have collected, like those of Studs Terkel, that are so important in saving our past. The actual content of the interviews, going through how this revolution took place and all of the avenues that opened up for people to live their lives in community and care for one another was really heartening to read.
I think that some of the movements brought up deserved longer than just a chapter, and it was really hard to believe that so much (especially around gestation) would change in such a short amount of time. I guess mostly the gestation chapter was really confusing to me.
Overall, really inspiring, I really like hopeful sci-fi like this!
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
HIGHLIGHTS
~sex workers start the revolution
~DJs keep it going
~think communism like ‘commune’ not ‘communist’
~a detailed breakdown of breaking down the system
~a future I can believe in
This is a book I need everyone to know about.
The ‘conceit’ is this: after decades of climate disaster, war, and economic collapse, capitalism was torn down, and the way of the commune took its place. No two communes anywhere in the world are identical, but they broadly share the same philosophy: everything for everyone. The world is not perfect, but it’s pretty close in a lot of ways, making it more important than ever that new generations not repeat the mistakes of the past – and understand how their present was made.
Thus, in 2072, O’Brien and Abdelhadi put together a collection of interviews, comprised of the stories of those who were there to burn the old world down, those who were a part of building the new world, and those who reflect on how far they’ve all come and where humanity might yet go.
I don’t use the word inspiring very often, but no other term can do Everything For Everyone justice: reading this book was like coming up for air, a fresh and undiluted draught of bright and bittersweet hope brought to parched lips. And it’s not (just) because the future O’Brien and Abdelhadi envision is so utopic; it’s the fact that they take a real, hard look at what it might take to get us there.
No fiction I’ve ever read has really broken down and examined what The Revolution looks like. Stories always seem to be set before or after the heroes go to war against the old system – sometimes just before, or just after, but the fight itself is always glossed over. And I do understand that! It’s much easier to imagine a better world than it is figuring out how to actually build one – but that’s exactly what makes Everything For Everyone so important.
It’s a detailed roadmap of what the path to one version of a better future might look like, and it’s the first one I’ve ever had.
This book is a real, working shield against despair.
Read the rest at Every Book a Doorway!
~sex workers start the revolution
~DJs keep it going
~think communism like ‘commune’ not ‘communist’
~a detailed breakdown of breaking down the system
~a future I can believe in
This is a book I need everyone to know about.
The ‘conceit’ is this: after decades of climate disaster, war, and economic collapse, capitalism was torn down, and the way of the commune took its place. No two communes anywhere in the world are identical, but they broadly share the same philosophy: everything for everyone. The world is not perfect, but it’s pretty close in a lot of ways, making it more important than ever that new generations not repeat the mistakes of the past – and understand how their present was made.
Thus, in 2072, O’Brien and Abdelhadi put together a collection of interviews, comprised of the stories of those who were there to burn the old world down, those who were a part of building the new world, and those who reflect on how far they’ve all come and where humanity might yet go.
I don’t use the word inspiring very often, but no other term can do Everything For Everyone justice: reading this book was like coming up for air, a fresh and undiluted draught of bright and bittersweet hope brought to parched lips. And it’s not (just) because the future O’Brien and Abdelhadi envision is so utopic; it’s the fact that they take a real, hard look at what it might take to get us there.
No fiction I’ve ever read has really broken down and examined what The Revolution looks like. Stories always seem to be set before or after the heroes go to war against the old system – sometimes just before, or just after, but the fight itself is always glossed over. And I do understand that! It’s much easier to imagine a better world than it is figuring out how to actually build one – but that’s exactly what makes Everything For Everyone so important.
It’s a detailed roadmap of what the path to one version of a better future might look like, and it’s the first one I’ve ever had.
This book is a real, working shield against despair.
Read the rest at Every Book a Doorway!
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
inspiring
It means we take care of each other. It means everything for everyone. It means we communized the shit out of this place. It means we took something that was property and made it life.
Do not read this book if you do not want to be further radicalized. Otherwise, definitely read this book.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual violence, Transphobia, War
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No