Andrew Yang's New Novel Predicts Electoral Chaos

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang ran a surprisingly successful presidential campaign in 2020, captivating the internet with fresh ideas and a fun, geeky persona. More than any other candidate, Yang seemed to channel the optimistic spirit of science fiction shows like Star Trek. "There are a bunch of things that are happening now that mean we should be thinking more ambitiously about what our society could and should look like, and I ran for president on those ideas," Yang says in Episode 554 of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. "I'd like to think that I was the presidential candidate that a lot of science fiction and fantasy people would recognize as one of their own." Yang, author of the nonfiction books Forward and The War on Normal People, recently released his first novel, The Last Election, about a plot by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to seize power in the wake of a disputed election.