cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/759157

What the title says, I’m tired of the trope where humans are the least advanced in the universe.

I’d like to read something different where we’re the more advanced ones (not necessarily the most advanced). As an example I quite enjoyed the Ender’s Game sequels and the angle of us being the more advanced ones was quite interesting.

Do you have any recommendations?

  • Nath@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Brandon Sanderson’s Starsight series might be worth a look in. It seems like the Humans are not advanced at the start, but there’s more to it than that.

    I’m sure you’ll be familiar with Star Trek and Star Wars universes they both have a lot of books. I haven’t read any Trek novels, but on the Star Wars front, I’d recommend the XWing Series.

    John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War should also be on this list. A fantastic little series.

    Hmm, looking back at these, they’re all pretty light reading/a little YA. I wonder whether there’s some harder Science Fiction that’d fit these criteria that I haven’t thought of?

  • Janvier@literature.cafeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I love the short story The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove. There’s of course the alien invasion trope, where aliens are space conquistadors pillaging the earth with their extra-terrestrial powers, and its complement, the Star Trek trope, where humans are culturally and technologically superior secular humanists descended to a backwards planet. And then there’s this story.