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Edited by Steel Assassin:
3/22/2014 8:31:18 AM
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Is it wrong that I think [I]Ender's Game[/I]'s sequel, [I]Speaker For the Dead[/I], tackles this question superbly?
The entire book deals with interacting with an alien species that is technologically inferior. Although colonization began before discovering the species, they quickly prevented themselves from expanding any further than their current surroundings. They literally walled themselves in and viewed the aliens from afar, afraid of destroying or crucially altering their beliefs.
How the story progresses helped redefine and emphasize my beliefs on how we should deal with our tribal relatives. Go read the book, I strongly recommend it.
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Edited by Obi Wan Stevobi: 3/22/2014 7:32:52 AMWell, if science fiction is a basis for dealing with technologically inferior cultures, I submit the following: Star Trek TNG, Season 3, Episode 4: Who Watches the Watchers Star Trek TNG, Season 4, Episode 15: First Contact Star Trek TNG, Season 7, Episode 13: Homeward
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I've watched all of them too, but as I'm rewatching TNG, I'm sure I'll bump into them again. Still would recommend the book, though.
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never got around to that series, not super interested since the creator turned out to be a major bigot. I feel though that there is a major difference between alien species and humans of our own planet
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[quote]never got around to that series, not super interested since the creator turned out to be a major bigot. I feel though that there is a major difference between alien species and humans of our own planet[/quote]Classic Science Fiction uses the ideas of tomorrow to tackle the problems of today. Most often, classic Scifi is addressing the present and actual real world problems. The Speaker for the Dead is a beautiful book. It is one I recommend everyone read. Don't discount it for something as asinine as the author's current views on life when he wrote it many, many years ago.
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Edited by Steel Assassin: 3/22/2014 8:32:07 AMA major bigot? Well, that's your choice. It was my bisexual friend that recommended Ender's Game to me. And it was a lesbian friend that demanded I read the rest of the series. They didn't care about Card's beliefs. They simply love his books and disagree with his views. It's a shame you'd let Card's views stop you from reading some of the best books ever written (they're the best books I have ever read). And despite media's portrayal of him, you'll never see his bigotry in the books. Rather, Card shows tolerance, empathy and total understanding of all characters, all beliefs, "good," "evil" and all in-between. And yes, alien species and human tribes are definitely different things. But how "advanced" culture deals with the "inferior" culture? How non-interference comes into play? These concepts have very striking similarities.
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Maybe one day I'll change my mind or maybe get it from a library so that my money doesn't go to card but I think people who say to separate between the author and the work is naive, just like people say to separate the man and the music with chris brown, if they're a bad person you shouldn't support them.
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"No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins." No one does everything you agree with. I'm sure you have done things and think things I would disagree fully with, but that doesn't mean I should cut off all contact with you, mute you and never do business with you because of those disagreements. You're not funding a genocide by buying a $10 book; you're buying a beautifully written book by one of the best authors of our time who has a singular opinion that you, I, and others disagree with.
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I suppose you have a point
