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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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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Uplift novels. Been years since I read them. All I remember is humans uplifting other species to sentience. Guess it is time for a reread.

Edit, clearly I remember wrong how this one went. Sorry

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

The uplift series? We're the primitive ones because we weren't uplifted like the rest and dont have full access to the library?

Maybe it changes later, it got really slow in the middle and I've stalled out.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It gets even worse later actually, because they encounter some much older races that regard the ones in the "main" galactic civilization with the library and all to be basically children at best. Tho I do recall some tidbit that reveals that our CGI and general image manipulation and similar entertainment technology had become about as advanced as the library has even before first contact, so humans weren't less advanced in that one mostly insignificant area.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Need to force myself through to the end, the middle just feels so unimaginably boring, while they keep teasing interesting bits just offscreen.

Asshole world building if you ask me.