[I spoil some aspects of this story but not all of it.]
I've mentioned before that the problem with classic scifi stories is that they often have a nasty political bent to them. If you ever want to get into classic scifi then you need to prepare yourself to contend with that, otherwise just skip it over.
"Pop" is a story that has that political bent. It takes place in a world where aliens have taken over Earth, and the human race has had to live on other planets and in spaceships while they try and figure out how to take Earth back.
The story centers around a military hero nicknamed "Pop" who is presented as the manliest old guy to ever serve. He is also extremely gung ho in all cases. When they first met this new slug race, Pop made the decision to just start shooting. The slugs retaliated by taking over their planet.
In the story, Pop's son had been trying his best to convince everybody that they should just talk and compromise with this race rather than just trying to kill them, but he is seen as weak and is ultimately just used as an example of what not to do. Also they do really bad things to this poor guy too.
This whole story is a mess. Everything is extremely exaggerated, and it feels like this was done to make some sort of point. I don't really recommend this one. I will say, however, that there was a lot of lost potential here, because the whole setup for the story was really interesting. I prefer scifi stories that don't lean too far into a message, and this one really failed at that. Give your readers some credit, guys!
This blog was written on April 3, 2026.
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