DejahEntendu ,
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On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard.

This was a foray into what it means to be family and how our mistakes can bring us closer to being good people. I enjoyed it.

The existence of ancestor worship (this is not the first time I've seen in it API books) in the far flung future of this universe made me wonder if there's a similar carrying forward of Christianity in Western SciFi that I'm not seeing due to my cultural blind-spots.

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mawhrin ,
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@DejahEntendu it's not a western thing, it's a christian thing – also don't you think that a french author writing in english isn't an epitome of *western * scifi @bookstodon

DejahEntendu OP ,
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Huh. I just assumed it was translated. I totally mischaractetized thar part of the book, I guess.

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It’s common to refer to European originated culture “western”. Which, I think, qualifies.

mawhrin ,
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@PeteZ as opposed to what? aliette de bodard is a french author writing in english. @DejahEntendu @bookstodon

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As opposed to Asian, Middle Eastern, Russian or a number of other literary traditions.

mawhrin ,
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@PeteZ are you, by any chance, replying to my toot? if you are, why didn't you care to read it first? @DejahEntendu @bookstodon

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