The problem that sometimes happens with these scifi short stories is that the science often crosses paths with politics. Whenever it does, there is a good chance that the story written is only good for tossing in the waste basket. "We're Civilized!" us just such a story.
Humans are finally landing on/conquering Mars. There is an alien race there that looks primitive, but they aren't. We take their land because they seem primitive and different than us. It's basically the whole thing with the Indians all over again. It's dumb and not all that interesting.
The sad thing here is there is a very real concept for being advanced while looking primitive. I have seen it done well a few times before. My author friend Shawn O' Toole did it, and Stargate SG-1 did it pretty well too. But this entire story is entirely unimaginative because the whole point of it is to make us feel bad for what we did to the Indians. That's all.
I do not recommend this story. I hope the next ones by this guy are a lot better.
This blog was written on September 27, 2024.
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The affluent Left whines about the unfairness in the world while the beneficiaries of the very thing they complain about. Even if these authors were not rich, they echo the sophistries of the plutocracy that is corrupting our world and its fiction into a boring mess.
ReplyDeletePandering in literature tends to make things boring and uninteresting.
DeleteWhen the audience can see the agenda, it tends to take you out of the story. Who wants to get lectured when reading a fictional work? We can read history or watch the news for that.
ReplyDeleteDon't write fiction to educate.
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