Social Science Fiction

[jain]

I'm looking for science fiction books that are based more in sociology and other social sciences than in the hard sciences. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin exemplifies what I'm seeking...as do many of her other books, but I was hoping to read some good books in this genre written by someone other than Le Guin. :-)

Comments

[forodwaith]

I definitely second the recs for Mission Child and Sir.

Most of Liz Williams' writing would fall into this category, but her debut novel The Ghost Sister, about a group of anthropologists trying to inconspicuously do field research on an alien-to-them planet, really strongly reminded me of Le Guin.

[jain]

Awesome! I'll definitely check The Ghost Sister out (as well as Mission Child and Air).