That makes sense. The theme I was trying to describe as a subtheme of oppression, or arising out of it.
I wonder if that can be extended to OSC.. where his humans are controlled and oppressed by an AI orbiting satellite in the Memory of Earth books, adults in Ender's Game, and God in some of the other stories.
What bugs me is clearer in Memory of Earth than in Octavia Butler's books. Where a gay man and a woman who seems not so keen on the idea get married to have children for the sake of the human race, or whatever, because they were told to. And then they decide it's not so bad after all and they've found happiness together. But that tends to open up the whole can of homophobic worms, and that's not quite what my issue is.
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"Bloodchild" definitely sounds interesting. And sounds like it could be a contender for a retrospective Tiptree.
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Date: 2008-06-22 09:17 pm (UTC)I wonder if that can be extended to OSC.. where his humans are controlled and oppressed by an AI orbiting satellite in the Memory of Earth books, adults in Ender's Game, and God in some of the other stories.
What bugs me is clearer in Memory of Earth than in Octavia Butler's books. Where a gay man and a woman who seems not so keen on the idea get married to have children for the sake of the human race, or whatever, because they were told to. And then they decide it's not so bad after all and they've found happiness together. But that tends to open up the whole can of homophobic worms, and that's not quite what my issue is.
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"Bloodchild" definitely sounds interesting. And sounds like it could be a contender for a retrospective Tiptree.