The words induced me to turn towards myself. I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow-creatures were, high and unsullied descent united with riches. A man might be respected with only one of these advantages; but, without either, he was considered, except in very rare instances, as a vagabond and a slave, doomed to waste his powers for the profits of the chosen few!
-Frankenstein (1831)
Why not Soviet sci-fi?
For the purpose of rebutting chuds on their history, Western examples are more useful.
If you provided a Soviet sci-fi example they’d probably discount it as “well of course the commies were always woke”.
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I haven't had the chance to read any except Roadside Picnic and I don't remember that one being particularly based (good book tho)
I hated Roadside Picnic.
What's wrong with it?
I didn't like it or the fact that Le Guin was making anti-Soviet talking points.
That's one thing that pisses me off when you look into any kind of Soviet art. There's always a forward or some Wikipedia article or Reddit dillweed trying to say that the author secretly hated communism and if you read between the lines you'll see it! I read one of Mao's books and it had a forward by Zizek. I can't understand what point that man is trying to make in the best of times but good lord it was just a bunch of whiny libshit about Chinabad. I really liked Roadside Picnic and all of the Stalker related media though, I can recite the ending monologue from memory.
Yeah, Wikipedia is the most anti-communist tool out there.
I mean fair enough, man can only take so much "authoritarian orangutan 100 billion dead", before it destroys what's left of his head, but Le Guin's anti-Soviet nature is at most just relegated to the foreword, as you said. Just don't have it rent-free in your mind.
It's living in my mind rent-free! Someone help me!
Well, shut up about Le Guin then, lmbao.
what why
idk, ask yer wife.
Edit: Sorry, man, I thought we were jokin' around a bit.
Dunno why you're being so rude. Don't talk to me.
I mean, Le Guin in the Foreword.
The book was... I don't know. Just didn't like it.
Good concept, botched execution and tone, or terrible overall, you would say?
And from your writing, it seems like you seem quite apprehensive from reading it all.
Uh, no, I read it. Just wasn't that good. I think it went on too long and just isn't as good as the movie or video games, which is weird for me. Also, the translation of the dialogue was funky at times.
So, botched execution I suppose.
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