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[–] Shurimal@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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".