There was a great thread about sci-fi classics recently: https://twitter.com/lexfridman/status/1306087340776062977 … I had fond memories about many of the books mentioned, and I immediately bought several that I hadn't already read. (spoilers) The first one I got through was Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson, and \
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unfortunately, I didn't care for it very much. It is basically the story of the failure of interstellar generation ships. Near the very end, it gets extremely literally on-the-nose, with an explicit condemnation of the arrogant white (and bearded?) men with their dreams of \
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taking humanity to the stars by having the female protagonist punch their representative in the face. It is certainly plausible, even likely, that starfaring would fail, and the value of a broadly colonized solar system is left ambiguous in the story, so I don't find much of \
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substance to disagree with, just the tone. In very broad strokes, I like tales to inspire, not tales to condemn, or even tales to caution. Others certainly have an appetite for tragic stories; to each their own.
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hey Elon, if you like inspiring SF about space colonization, may I recommendhttps://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1303047090399055875 …
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"Better than 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress' " -Amazon
I wrote 2 novels about AI, uplifted dogs, markets, guns, lunar colonization
#1 won the Prometheus "best novel" award in 2018
#2 won the same award in 2019
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