Yeah, I just meant to say that Cixian Liu pulls some stuff that I would think out of place even in Asimov’s time.
The only memorable “female” character that I can remember going outside what seems Liu’s preconceptions about women, is the alien murder-despot-robot controlled by the aliens.
Yeah so in the story the aliens pretend to want peace when humanity manages to get things into a standoff-situation.
The aliens are still en route to earth, so to give them an ambassador of sorts, a female humanoid android is built for them to control remotely.
However the second the standoff is resolved, the aliens take over the planet, and she is put in charge of earth. Her first order of business is to start wielding a katana with reckless abandon, followed by limiting living area and food supply to the point that only a fraction of the current human population can be supported, and then announces “guess some of y’all will starve, now fight each for food, you insects”.
Yeah, I just meant to say that Cixian Liu pulls some stuff that I would think out of place even in Asimov’s time.
The only memorable “female” character that I can remember going outside what seems Liu’s preconceptions about women, is the alien murder-despot-robot controlled by the aliens.
ooo boi… sexy alien murder bots?
isn’t that like… a requirement for pulp scifi? (Dammit now I have to go read Murderbot again. the snark spoke to me.)
Now that’s a fun series! I hope we get more.
Second/Third book spoilers
Yeah so in the story the aliens pretend to want peace when humanity manages to get things into a standoff-situation.
The aliens are still en route to earth, so to give them an ambassador of sorts, a female humanoid android is built for them to control remotely.
However the second the standoff is resolved, the aliens take over the planet, and she is put in charge of earth. Her first order of business is to start wielding a katana with reckless abandon, followed by limiting living area and food supply to the point that only a fraction of the current human population can be supported, and then announces “guess some of y’all will starve, now fight each for food, you insects”.