op ic ▁novel , ▁but ▁la ud ed ▁by ▁ne o - N az is ▁as ▁a ▁u top ia . ▁ ▁Polit ics ▁O ften ▁the ▁political ▁focus ▁of ▁a ▁science ▁fiction ▁novel ▁is ▁less ▁on ▁the ▁social ▁order , ▁but ▁how ▁people ▁man eu ver ▁and ▁achieve ▁their ▁ag end as ▁within ▁a ▁given ▁system . ▁Many ▁space ▁oper as ▁rely ▁on ▁vast ▁inter stell ar ▁b ureau cra cies ▁to ▁drive ▁their ▁plots ▁( see : ▁Gal actic ▁emp ire ). ▁George ▁Lucas ' s ▁famous ▁Star ▁Wars ▁s aga ▁features ▁political ▁science ▁mode led ▁after ▁historic ▁events . ▁The ▁Ret ief ▁stories ▁by ▁Keith ▁La umer ▁and ▁the ▁Chan ur ▁books ▁by ▁C . ▁J . ▁Cher ry h ▁have ▁politics ▁and ▁political ▁man eu ver ings ▁as ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁them es , ▁and ▁Frank ▁Herbert ' s ▁D une ▁books ▁offer ▁advanced ▁expl or ations ▁of ▁human ▁politics , ▁including ▁the ▁do vet ail ing ▁econom ics . ▁O ften ▁this ▁focus ▁can ▁descend ▁into ▁consp i racy ▁and ▁par ano ia ▁where ▁the ▁prem ise ▁is ▁that ▁there ▁are ▁secret ▁forces ▁out ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁protagon ists , ▁the ▁sem inal ▁example ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁Ill umin atus ! ▁Tr il ogy . ▁Most ▁commonly , ▁science ▁fiction ▁de als ▁with ▁the ▁political ▁fall out ▁of ▁its ▁own ▁prem ises . ▁ ▁A ▁story ▁will ▁posit ▁some ▁new ▁event ▁or ▁technology ▁and ▁explore ▁its ▁political ▁dimensions ; ▁this ▁includes ▁most ▁te ch no -