The Long Walk seems like it could be discussed in the context of the Aliette de Bodard series that tightropegirl mentioned the other day. The sacrifice as a genuinely necessary thing to keep the world going.
Perhaps that's the next place one goes after "The Lottery." Not only is this terrible thing happening, but it has to happen or something even worse comes into the world.
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Date: 2016-07-11 12:40 am (UTC)Perhaps that's the next place one goes after "The Lottery." Not only is this terrible thing happening, but it has to happen or something even worse comes into the world.