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

On 3/28/25 10:29 PM, 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
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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]

 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.
 

I believe you - thanks. It's been so long since I read it, I had forgotten that.

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And the first Heinlein I thought of was TMIAHM.

 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]

 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.

Yes, that was annoyingly tedious - we absolutely knew interesting things were happening, be we were stuck in the woods for way way way too long with three whiny angsty teenagers instead.
Tony

 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.