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Picture a not too distant future, one where humans leave this planet and move to live in space colonies - well, some humans.

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"A Story of Resistance, Not Surrender: Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi". Beth Mowbray in a review for The Nerd Daily praised the novel stating that "in Goliath, Onyebuchi creates an alternate future which certainly reflects the issues of our own day and time." References Ī review by the New York Times noted that the book has "an ingenious premise", another review by Publishers Weekly called the novel a "gorgeous work". It was recommended by several media outlets including USA Today, Bustle, Buzzfeed and Polygon. It was a New York Times editor's choice and one of the most anticipated books of 2022. The book received generally positive receptions from book reviewers and readers alike. He also noted that anime like Gundam Wing and Ghost In The Shell had inspired the novel.

In an interview by NPR, Onyebuchi stated most space movies on TV mostly show white people who are on spaceship terraforming Mars and that he had the idea of the novel when he thought about what happened to the all the Black and Brown people that were never depicted. The novel explores themes of race, class, gentrification, and who gets to be considered a hero in history, creating a mosaic of urgent and richly layered narratives. It follows a space-dweller who hopes to reconnect with his troubled lover in New Haven, Connecticut, a group of laborers striving to revitalize Earth's decaying cities, a journalist capturing the violence on the streets, and a marshal investigating a kidnapping. "Goliath" is a futuristic, biblical epic that interweaves different storylines. The abandoned cities are being stripped for resources, with houses dismantled and sent to space as a reminder of the destruction caused by those who left.

In the 2050s, Earth is experiencing a mass exodus as those who are privileged and wealthy leave the crumbling cities of the United States for space colonies. It is his first adult science fiction novel and it was published on 25 January 2022 by Tor Books. Goliath is a 2022 science fiction novel by Nigerian American writer Tochi Onyebuchi.