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Any sci-fi with aliens where humans are not the less advanced race? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 year ago by rikudou@lemmings.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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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?

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[–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky. While humans are not the most advanced species in the galaxy, the books deal with the interaction between humans and vastly inferior (but absolutely fascinating) alien races.

[–] humanplayer2@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

The main race in A Fire Upon the Deep is the one I most adore using as a sales pitch for scifi.

I'm going to read that again when I'm soon done with chewing through the Man-Kzin Wars books.

[–] ConfuzedAZ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I read that series a while ago. I second it as a suggestion. It was a really fascinating read.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A Deepness in the Sky shares the award of books I couldn't finish along with Atlas Shrugged.

[–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why, if I may ask? I had trouble keeping reading about halfway through, when I learned about the antagonist's character and methods (too brutal even for a fiction book, and he became one of my most hated fictional characters ever), but I also heard of people who aren't too fond of spiders and had to put the book down. In that case, Tchaikovsky's Children of Time wouldn't be for them, either.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

You got it in one. I want lasers in space, not rape fantasy porn.