I am reminded that Octavia Butler's "Parable" novels, published in 1993 and 1998 about a dystopic then-future United States, are set starting in July of 2024: https://www.octaviabutler.com/parableseries
As always:
More people should have paid attention to Butler's warning.
Michael Busch /
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