here in Top Pedophiles Of Twitter, my "friend" thinks about race so very little that he shit-tests every new person he meets with a racial slur

David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) · 3 years ago

here in Top Pedophiles Of Twitter, my "friend" thinks about race so very little that he shit-tests every new person he meets with a racial slur

gerikson ( gerikson@awful.systems ) · 3 years ago

Thanks for the link.

I read a ton of SF but Card always passed me by. I tried to read a followup/sequel/fixup called Ender’s Shadow years ago and couldn’t get through it.

BTW another big series I could never get through was “Thomas Covenanter” or something, although it was fantasy.

-dsr- ( dashdsrdash@awful.systems ) · 3 years ago

The main character commits rape because this isn’t a real universe anyway. You made the right choice.

gerikson ( gerikson@awful.systems ) · 3 years ago

I think I remember reading about that. Ick.

I also remember reading on the back of the book that the protag would 3 times be offered to stay in the Land and be cured, or something, and 3 times reject the offer. Way to spoil!

This is a pretty good takedown of the series (and other shitty plot devices in SF/F): https://news.ansible.uk/plotdev.html