Tales of Alvin MakerOrson Scott Card
Tales of Alvin Maker
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…was that the creation of an entire inheritable status of sub-citizens was evil in itself, regardless of how well or poorly the sub-citizens were treated. Also treated interestingly in Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker (which are not great books, but sure do give you some insight into Card's Mormonism), where the South remained royalist in the American Revolution. It certainly could have, if George III had better positioned…
on “In Illinois, a Warden Tried to Fix an Abusive Prison. He Faced Death Threats” ↗…now I immediately tune out because no society is going to remain static enough to do Y for thousands of years unless there is some premise in the book preventing anyone from inventing anything new. "Tales of Alvin Maker" had that. "Dune" did too but I didn't buy Dune's excuse because militaries always want new tech. This is also one of the many reasons why I can't buy into Star Wars anymore because a society that can…
on “We need more optimistic science fiction” ↗