Line #10 Literature/EclipseTrilogy


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4	The ''Eclipse Trilogy'' is a CyberPunk book series by John Shirley. It depicts a dystopian future where a new Soviet Union attacks Western Europe. They manage to repel the Soviets, but the war has left Europe in chaos. The U.S. is also in crisis. To restore order, UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} sanctions a private, multinational police force, the Second Alliance Security Corporation, unaware of their objectives for world domination.
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6	!!Novels in the series
7	* ''Eclipse'' (1985)
8	* ''Eclipse Penumbra'' (1988)
9	* ''Eclipse Corona'' (1990)
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13	!!Tropes:
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15	* AmbiguousGender: One famous Minimono star was born male, but had his private parts removed to be more androgynous.
16	%%%* AntiHero: The protagonists.%%%. ZCE-needs context
17	* BadassIsraeli: Steinfeld, an ex-UsefulNotes/{{Mossad}} agent that leads the New Resistance.
18	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: There's a guy with a colored mohawk, and it's stated that all the colors provide specific information for other people (who know) in-story.
19	%%* CowboyCop: In-story. Since the series is made by right-wingers, he's always right, and his liberal boss is wrong.
20	* CrapsackWorld[=/=]{{Dystopia}}: WorldWarThree has happened, the Religious Right reigns the USA, and the fascists came back to power in Europe.
21	* CyberPunk: Has elements of this, with the events involving the Grid and the developed technology, befitting a story written in TheEighties).
22	* {{Cyberspace}}: The "grid". Some people treat it as if it was a conscious and possibly friendly entity.
23	* EnemyMine:
24	** Israeli Steinfeld has to make the rich oil sheiks help his cause. He points out that they'll be next if they don't help.
25	** Also, the New Resistance unites all kinds of people, from Christian Democrats to Communists and Anarchists. And for some reason, many artists.
26	* FailedFutureForecast: The first book came out in 1985 before [[UsefulNotes/HistoryofTheUSSR the fall of the USSR]]. Later editions [[RetCon clarify]] that a new [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] has emerged.
27	* TheFundamentalist: Preacher "Smiling" Rick Crandall and others, behind the right-wing US government.
28	* FutureMusic: This future has the new styles of Flare, Minimono and wiredancers
29	%%%* FutureSlang: %%%% ZCE
30	* TheLastDJ: Fading rock star Rick Rickenharp, one of the rebels in the New Resistance.
31	* MonumentalDamage: The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is destroyed by British fascists.
32	* NewSpeak: Public [=AntiViolence=] shows - where contestants vie for the right to conduct public executions.
33	* NonHumanSidekick: Smoke and his crow.
34	* NuclearOption: Doesn't mean TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, since the blocks only use tactical nukes. Amsterdam still is devastated.
35	%%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jack Brendan "Smoke", Dan "Hard-Eyes" Torrence. %%% Are they known by only their nickname to others, since they do have last names???%%%%%
36	* PostSovietReunion: The trilogy originally had the Soviet Union invade Western Europe, since it was published '''before''' the events that led to the USSR's dissolution. Later books that were made after the event {{retcon}}ned it so that Russia had '''reformed''' the Soviet Union.
37	* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The state has yielded its authority to Second Alliance Security Corporation (SA).
38	* LaResistance: The New Resistance, of course.
39	* SexualKarma: At one point, there's a juxtaposition of good and bad characters' sex scenes to make the point. A {{Dominatrix}} included.
40	* SinisterMinister: Televangelist "Smiling" Rick Crandall.
41	* SpaceStation: The L5 colony [=FirStep=].
42	* SubliminalSeduction: The bad guys use this to spread fascist propaganda.
43	* SurveillanceDrone: Used by the SA to spy on any groups larger than a few people.
44	* ThoseWackyNazis: Fascism makes a big comeback in Europe. In France, the son of Le Pen becomes president. [[spoiler: They even plan a new holocaust.]]
45	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Set in the early 21st century. The new 2017 edition specifies the year: 2029.
46	* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture: [=AntiViolence=], [=FirStep=]
47	* WorldWarThree: The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] invades western Europe, but is kicked out later.

Context Literature / EclipseTrilogy