Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Stories About Underground Resistance Movements

On 29 Mar 2025 02:29:20 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
<tednolan>) wrote:

In article <vs7cq3$3qcn7$3@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> 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.
 
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https://reactormag.com/five-sff-stories-about-underground-resistance-movements/
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Interesting!
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I've read the Russell and the Le Guin, and I've seen Red Dawn.
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The first Russell I thought of was Wasp, though perhaps that doesn't
count?[1]

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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.
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And the first Heinlein I thought of was TMIAHM.

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I believe there is a resistance subplot in _Red Planet_,
settlers vs The Corporation or something like that.
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And just because I scrolled by one of the movies yesterday:
I think Harry Potter & Co organized a resistance, especially one
Umbridge took over.[2]

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Yes, Harry organized "Dumbledore's Army" which was to some extent
a resistance group.  And I wish we had gotten more, or anything,
on Neville & Ginny's resistance activities leading up to "The
Battle Of Hogwarts" rather than endless camping scenes while
our main trio did very little useful.

The camping stuff is even more tedious in the book. This is because
there is no background sound (news) track playing while they are
trumping about.

Of course, to /some/ extent it's needed, so Ron can leave and then
find his way back. And rescue Harry. But still ...

And there are lots of things the later movies omit. I don't miss
Hermione's ELF but I would like to have seen Neville with his parents
in the hospital or the scene (which is in the extras) in Part 1 of
/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows/ where his aunt points out that,
while /he/ lost his mother, /she/ lost her sister. The films capture
the story, but a lot of stuff is omitted.

Hmm.  John Christopher "The Tripods" as long as we're mentioned
juvies, and of course "The Hunger Games".  Actually probably
pretty much any juvie dystopia is going to have a resistance
I guess.

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