I was assigned a major book report in high school to explore characters and plots, and we were told we could pick any novel to use. As an avid sci-fi reader I of course picked one of my favorites. I got a low grade on it, not because I didn’t do a good job on the assignment, but because the teacher “didn’t think it was a proper book to use.” I.e., sci-fi wasn’t proper reading material. Coming from a teacher who absolutely loved Jane Eyre and all the symbolism. Blech.
Your experience really makes me wish I was back in school. I’d love to see teacher’s reaction to the character and plot analysis of Peter Watts Rifters series or Blindsight🫠
I think even the plot summary of Killing Star would make them doubt in their, my and the author’s sanity—“The book starts with near-total annihilation of the human species and Earth’s biosphere by the highly energetic event of multiple relativistic kill vehicles impacting the planet at 0.92 C. And then it gets worse”.
I was assigned a major book report in high school to explore characters and plots, and we were told we could pick any novel to use. As an avid sci-fi reader I of course picked one of my favorites. I got a low grade on it, not because I didn’t do a good job on the assignment, but because the teacher “didn’t think it was a proper book to use.” I.e., sci-fi wasn’t proper reading material. Coming from a teacher who absolutely loved Jane Eyre and all the symbolism. Blech.
Your experience really makes me wish I was back in school. I’d love to see teacher’s reaction to the character and plot analysis of Peter Watts Rifters series or Blindsight🫠
I think even the plot summary of Killing Star would make them doubt in their, my and the author’s sanity—“The book starts with near-total annihilation of the human species and Earth’s biosphere by the highly energetic event of multiple relativistic kill vehicles impacting the planet at 0.92 C. And then it gets worse”.