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The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

On a distant world being sculpted from raw rock to living paradise, an engineer and her unlikely allies uncover the price of progress. Sentient cities, corporate empires, and rebel ecosystems vie for a future worth inhabiting. In The Terraformers, the fight to build a world becomes a fight for who gets to call it home.

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In The Terraformers, did you enjoy ...

... the regenerative ecology work and ethical terraforming on Sask-E?

Semiosis by Sue Burke

If you loved following Destry and the ERT’s careful stewardship of Sask‑E—and the way the story wrestles with what it means to build a just ecosystem—then Semiosis will hit the same sweet spot. It tracks generations of settlers learning to coexist (not conquer) a planet’s native life, with choices and compromises that echo the debates over corporate-run projects and community-driven land care you saw on Sask‑E.

... the big, interlocking ensemble working to reshape a city?

New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson

You enjoyed how The Terraformers rotates through ERT rangers, activists, and even nonhuman perspectives to show a whole society in motion—right down to city-builders and transit advocates. New York 2140 gives you that same mosaic: a bustling cast whose intertwined stories add up to a grassroots push to reinvent urban life, complete with on-the-ground organizing and against-the-odds civic wins that rhyme with Sask‑E’s city-making.

... the far-future, multigenerational scope and vividly realized nonhuman intelligences?

Children Of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

If the centuries-spanning sweep of The Terraformers and its bold nonhuman viewpoints—like sentient animals and infrastructure—stuck with you, Children of Time magnifies that sense of wonder. You’ll follow an evolving civilization that forces humans to rethink kinship, society, and cooperation, much like the revelations on Sask‑E that challenge Destry’s assumptions about who counts as a person and how cities should be built.

... the civic activism and battles over who gets to govern a city?

Infomocracy by Malka Older

Loved the municipal power struggles in The Terraformers—from corporate attempts to privatize space to grassroots campaigns for inclusive, transit-centered cities? Infomocracy dives straight into that arena. It’s a propulsive look at elections, policy maneuvering, and street-level organizing, echoing the strategic fights over representation and public goods that shape Sask‑E’s future.

... the warm, queer, multi-species community-building?

The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

If what charmed you in The Terraformers was its inclusive, hopeful vibe—where humans, uplifted animals, and other beings form real communities (right down to the bonds forged during city-making and transit work)—then you’ll adore The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Its crew’s friendships, queer representation, and everyday negotiations of culture and care echo the social fabric that makes life on Sask‑E worth fighting for.

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