[ExI] emotional deficits in sci-fi

[William Flynn Wallace]

Thanks, Spike.  I have read the Enders series more than once.  Ender turned
out to be a saint, and would have been killed by many people had they known
that he had a cocoon queen of the antlike people and had let it loose where
it thrived and multiplied.  OK, so the young heroes don't have heart
attacks, but some others might at least have anxiety attacks for some
realistic reactions.

One reason I like scifi is that all the books I have ever read had happy
endings.  Maybe some modern ones don't.  I will avoid them if I know.
 bill w

On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 4:53 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
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> >…I sure would like to read some modern scifi in which people act more
> like people.  In meeting aliens some people would have heart attacks.
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> >… Know any good new books?   bill w
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> Not new, but Enders Game is an example of scifi where the hero has
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> Regarding heart attacks: in most cases, the hero is a young person.
> Regardless of the scale of adrenaline rush, they are unlikely to either
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> Meeting an alien: on this planet, we occasionally come face to face with a
> beast we know damn well is capable and willing to do us harm.  We neither
> faint nor perish.  We get away if possible.  The beast most likely to cause
> either of those would be (I suppose) a snake.  I have seen plenty, some
> having been a bad surprise, but none caused me to perish.
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> If we were to meet an alien, it is unclear if it has bad intentions, but I
> would vaguely assume not.  Reasoning: if it is highly capable of causing
> harm, good chance it has advanced skills in detecting prey, in which case
> it know about me before I knew about it.  If it wanted to cause me harm, it
> would have already done so by the time I discovered its presence.
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> In Enders Game, Ender realizes before coming face to face with the alien
> that he…  Well, I won’t spoil it.  Good story.
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