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The Cassini Division Science fiction is often a tool used to voice concerns over the current or future state of humanity by implementing a futuristic setting with contemporary issues being exaggerated. Ken Macleod, author of The Cassini Division, utilizes science fiction to express his political aspirations. Macleod raises several themes; socialism as a way to achieve utopia, high dependence on technology, and survival of the fittest. All these issues are intertwined with politics with ethical dilemmas seemingly rising from the advancements in nano-technology. The idea of futuristic government being related to ours is more plausible as the characters in the book have developed ways to stop aging so their government is founded by 21st century ideologies. Macleod has done a fantastic job of providing insight to the political systems and their role in society yet has not provided enough information as to how these governments were formed and why. The...

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