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sethdmichaels.bsky.social · @sethdmichaels.bsky.social@bridge.neodb.net

Rated Gold Fame Citrus 8/10

Lyrical, weird, dreamy dystopian story about California after the collapse of its water system and a horrific wave of desertification. It's by turns plausible and hallucinogenic, and does a really good job telling a small, intimate story but revealing the state of the larger wold and its immediate history. Some of the stylistic tone shifts work great, some don't. I'd compare it to "Station Eleven," but it's less concrete, more subjective and surreal. Warning: depressing if a similar way, of not quite at the same scale, as "Never Let Me Go."

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Published 2026-08-18 17:05 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere