I'm writing a BA thesis on Les Misérables (the musical film, sadly, not really the novel) and I'm in a big revolution mood.

Does anyone know any good fiction books about revolutions that follow more closely to the historical revolutions than the typical "group of rebels or the Chosen One save the world from the evil empire" trope? Bonus points if it's queer, fantasy, and based on other revolutions like the Haitian Revolution, the Boxer Rebellion, etc.!! Also a diverse cast would be lovely!!

Here are couple of revolution books/series I already read or am currently reading:

• The Poppy War series
• Les Misérables (obviously)
• Iron Widow
• When We Lost Our Heads
• A Tale of Two Cities
• The Scarlet Pimpernel
• The Hunger Games trilogy (incl. the new releases)
• Mistborn trilogy
• Babel
• Dune (shrug if we can count that)

Hi P.Bees!

OK, so a few days ago, I made a post asking what the PageBound Public thinks about Dark Romance. And I really enjoyed reading through different opinions and thoughts. So I decided to bring in a new discussion topic: about A.I. in books.

This spans from using AI in a creative process to using its exact words and paragraphs to write the book or to even use AI art as the cover. There are two discussions under this really, bc there is the discussion of how A.I in general is harming our society in many ways, and how A.I undermines the very creativity in writing (and other art forms). Some people think that A.I. has its incredible uses and even when not writing the book itself, can bring in a wealth of information or ideas at the writer's disposal. While some believe that A.I, like I explained earlier, not only negatively affects the general public, but undermines real human creativity, ideas, capabilities, and soul.

So! Feel free to discuss any part of this prompt, whether it's for or against A.I, or an in-between, and give reason why.