The Evolution of the Human Race

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The civilization has evolved beyond that now. And you know, we're still have this have this relationship with the runa where they were the Jana to like breed them for specific purposes. So I am, I'm gonna suppose away that the coming of some outsiders that the arrival of some newbies to their planet, some noobs is gonna shake up the status quo kind of by forcing everyone to explain themselves and kind of unsettles some things. You are not far off at all.

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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