Choice of Rebels Part 1 WIP thread

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@Sneaks

I don’t approve of Orson Scott Card’s opposition to gay marriage but I’m pretty sure that particular book didn’t have anything to do with his views on homosexuality

Whereas I think it did, but not in the way he might have wanted in retrospect:

Biased points of view in stories

I recently re-read Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead – which I think are two extraordinary books, some of the best in science fiction – and was struck by how strongly the books themselves clash with Card’s public stance on LGBT issues. It’s not just that he’s a very good writer (though in those books, he certainly is). The books’ core theme is one of inclusion, getting past fear of the outsider, allowing compassion to radically broaden one’s views of what’s “natural”. It’s like Card the …