27-12-2021, 06:08 PM
Well...that was an ending, sort of.
Whether or not sacrificing an unwilling individual in order to save an entire species & planet is right, or moral who can say. Not moral surely, but right?
Perhaps, perhaps it was the only option.
And that choice wasn't without some novel compensations - being the first human to make contact with an alien being & having a friendship with that being, formed as they worked together, each helping the other in order to ensure the survival of both, being the first human to live on an alien planet, the first teacher of alien children.
You have to wonder whether, after all those experiences, Ryland Grace if given the choice to go back & change what happened, might not now be willing to go into space.
Definitely a thought provoking book.
Whether or not sacrificing an unwilling individual in order to save an entire species & planet is right, or moral who can say. Not moral surely, but right?
Perhaps, perhaps it was the only option.
And that choice wasn't without some novel compensations - being the first human to make contact with an alien being & having a friendship with that being, formed as they worked together, each helping the other in order to ensure the survival of both, being the first human to live on an alien planet, the first teacher of alien children.
You have to wonder whether, after all those experiences, Ryland Grace if given the choice to go back & change what happened, might not now be willing to go into space.
Definitely a thought provoking book.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)