Can I bring up Out of the Silent Planet here? Lewis goes at this question head-on.
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Sure! GA, as we used to say on CompuServ.
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Replying to @JimHenleyMusic @UojiM and
He goes all-in. "Oh wow, you guys are from the planet where God was born as a mortal, and which is under siege by Satan? Wicked!"
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Replying to @VinnieTesla @UojiM and
I mean, SF of the early twencen is full of "The universe is teeming with intelligent life, but humanity is still unique and special" but
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Replying to @VinnieTesla @UojiM and
...not usually in quite so bluntly essential a fashion.
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The funny thing is, this is still a demand of various Puppy factions around M@d Genivs Clvb & "Superversive SF." Humanity must be special!
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Replying to @JimHenleyMusic @UojiM and
This is the sign of having children for an audience.
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Replying to @derrelldurrett @VinnieTesla and
Didn't Vonnegut throw a JWC analog into one of his novels? (Not Kilgore Trout. A real Campbell stand-in.)
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Replying to @JimHenleyMusic @UojiM and
I recall an editor personage, but that may be imagined... Not even which novel comes to mind...
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Replying to @derrelldurrett @VinnieTesla and
Yeah, the two that came to mind first, Breakfast of Champions and God Bless You Mr Rosewater, don't seem to pan out.
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Mother Night has a character named Campbell -- a (ahem) Nazi.
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