If you're reading what I think you're reading I feel that the "otherness" of Earth caused by the diaspora is inevitable.
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You probably guessed right (but I've seen the same ideas explored in older novels too, eg. the excellent Downbelow Station)
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Another older series that deals with this as part of the wider picture is Red Mars. Though that's more concerned with future of politics
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Er, though I'm drawn to every book featuring the colonization of Mars, that trilogy for some reason repelled me. But Moving Mars was awesome
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Which is a pity because the Red Mars characters must be some of the most deeply thought out I've seen in books in any genre.
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Aha, recommendation acknowledged. I may've had the wrong idea. Don't mind slogging too much, if chars are engaging & developed
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The characters eventually become engaging, but very slowly and lost in all the infuriatingly detailed descriptions of martian landscapes.
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Lol, ok, not promising anything but I'll queue it up. Interestingly enough, Moving Mars had those too, but moved at a fair clip & was epic
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I'm far more pessimistic about intelligent alien life visiting Earth, they wouldn't be welcomed but shot at
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Oh, that's a worry for another day, either way. Until the Fermi paradox is practically addressed, I'm concerned w human conflict
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don't think that would be the case , look how profound impact is for astronauts now when they see Earth while serving on ISS
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Indeed, but that's tethered view, and will remain so from orbit. Imagine barely seeing the Earth, or even the sun, as a dot from your hab
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The notion that Earth should come first would make sense philosophically, but it would look like typical Earth hypocricy.
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I imagine it would be viewed as insistence by developed countries on CO2 emissions is seen today by developing countries.
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