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That's an allegory for life under authoritarian rule, not a literal alien contact plan
by sdwr 1y ago
That's an allegory for life under authoritarian rule, not a literal alien contact plan
- cousinbryce 1y agoBold to assume aliens will ascribe to something besides despotism
- kulahan 1y agoYou can't imagine that one single alien race anywhere will deviate from this? Wouldn't that kinda imply that your vision on the topic is almost certainly wrong anyways?
- IAmBroom 1y agoOr, both.
- 9dev 1y agoIIRC the author said there are no meta layers of meaning, it’s just honest to god fiction written to be entertaining. I’m struggling a little myself to accept that for the entire trilogy, but that’s that.
- gboss 1y agoI haven’t read these books but it’s not unreasonable that this author or any other author could have reason to not be forthright about what their book is about