I tried the first Broken Earth book, but couldn't finish it (I had to bail when we learned the cause of the earthquake).
Did anyone mention Brust's Dragaera, Nix's Old Kingdom, or Sagara's Elantra? All have plotlines about enforcing laws on how magic is used.
A couple more obscure series: April Daniels' Dreadnought (YA trilogy about a trans superheroine) had a conversation about whether it would be better if everyone had superpowers or no one did (it was not a hypothetical question).
Andrea K. Host's Touchstone series has a planet where everyone has at least a tiny bit of psychic power, but the strongest in telekinesis or levitation become athletes or doctors and strong sight talents work as artists, investigators, or building inspectors. Until the attacks by nightmare monsters from other dimensions get so bad they start conscripting kids who test high into the military because training before puberty produces the strongest talents. There is discussion of consent and how "necessary" and "evil" the program is. (I'm totally infatuated with this series and have to point out that the first book is free.)
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Date: 2018-07-15 12:24 am (UTC)Did anyone mention Brust's Dragaera, Nix's Old Kingdom, or Sagara's Elantra? All have plotlines about enforcing laws on how magic is used.
A couple more obscure series:
April Daniels' Dreadnought (YA trilogy about a trans superheroine) had a conversation about whether it would be better if everyone had superpowers or no one did (it was not a hypothetical question).
Andrea K. Host's Touchstone series has a planet where everyone has at least a tiny bit of psychic power, but the strongest in telekinesis or levitation become athletes or doctors and strong sight talents work as artists, investigators, or building inspectors. Until the attacks by nightmare monsters from other dimensions get so bad they start conscripting kids who test high into the military because training before puberty produces the strongest talents. There is discussion of consent and how "necessary" and "evil" the program is. (I'm totally infatuated with this series and have to point out that the first book is free.)