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strange how in most space opera scifis earth is not the political center of the empire

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Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake

@pythonrocksnake

My favorite is the “lost human homeworld” trope where nobody’s quite sure where we came from. I forget which author uses the trope and it’s even mentioned that Earth is considered one of the contenders, but nobody knows for sure. I love that so much.

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yeah that seems silly to me

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Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake

@pythonrocksnake

Oh, it’s very silly. I still love it.

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edge of sevateem

wait a minute is this just everyone ripping off asimov

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Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake

@pythonrocksnake

Oh, it might be Asimov I’m thinking of.

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Dune also - earth is known of and suspected as homeworld

1:12 PM · Jun 23, 2021