I posted this on Reddit a while ago and it sparked some really good discussion and recommendations.
I really like The Expanse - as it doesn’t just discuss the attempted terraforming of Mars and the colonisation of the Main Asteroid Belt but also
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the way that these communities decline when abundant habitable planets are discovered, where life is much easier.
So yeah, what are your best examples?
I remember one of his that included people tossing Barbie-doll heads into shredders to then use the plastic for 3D printers, but for the life of me I can’t remember what book that was or what it was actually about.