[aloe_falsa]

Paolo Bacigalupi’s novel “Ship Breaker” deserves a mention here. It’s set in Paolo’s dystopian solarpunk universe, where old tankers are cut up to extract the last tons of fossil fuels from their hold, and it really emphasises how dangerous and unrewarding of a job it is.

[javajosh]

A harrowing near-future dystopian tale, definitely worth a read. His "Windup Girl" is better; "Ship Breaker" is like a YA version of Windup Girl, IMHO. His "Water Knife" is also quite interesting, imagining a future where climate change has dried up water supply to the southwestern US, and the states have militarized against each other.

[speed_spread]

Yep. It's Alang-style shipbreaking, but on the beaches of a near-future Louisiana.