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> It's really a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of sci-fi that makes humans out to be idiots or malevolent. Did we read the same book? A huge portion wa
by tedivm 3y ago
> It's really a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of sci-fi that makes humans out to be idiots or malevolent.
Did we read the same book? A huge portion was devoted to the cultural revolution, and it definitely made humans look pretty "malevolent" there. I don't think the book really tries to be optimistic, just realistic, which means it calls out a lot of good and bad.
- bko 3y agoIt's been a while since I read it, but I think the cultural revolution served as character development and how the trauma effected some of the characters in the story. It also served as an analogy for suppressing scientific research. It's something that has been overcome and is (somewhat) overcome in the rest of the book and the subsequent novels from the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. It's not that people are all good, but they are serious, as are the governments involved. It might be more obvious from books 2 and 3. Compare that to something like "Don't look up" (humans stupid) or "Avatar" (human bad)
- tedivm 3y agoI guess my point- which I think we're mostly in agreement with- is that the trilogy was really complex, rather than being "humans stupid" or "humans bad" (or even "humans good"). I love my space opera (Peter Hamilton gets my love) but I also love those really good complex scifi stories such as this.