The Parallels Between the Colonialism and the Runa Harvest

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The runa are in hunter-gatherer mode where they harvest crops and then come back home. The John Ott have calibrated the system very precisely where these these specific clumps of runa have been bred for specific purposes. And that's all getting in balance. They keep them in line by like rewarding runa with extra food and stuff and that in turn encourages them to breed. It's all you know, it's all controlled.

We're back to sci-fi this week, but we take a break from the politics-heavy universe of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow instead uses science fiction to discuss anthropology, colonialism, and theology. There's some genuinely funny and warm stuff in this book, but there's a shadow hanging over the proceedings from the outset: eight people set out to explore the first known alien planet inhabited by sentient life, but only one comes back, and he's much worse for the wear.

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