Scan barcode
A review by kandicez
Attack of the 50 Foot Indian by Stephen Graham Jones
5.0
What to say? Judging by the cover, this should be a pulp-y sci-fi book, easily read, easily dismissed. A bit of fun. And it was, but also, it wasn't.
This little tale begins exactly as you would expect. This 50 foot Indian, unknown tribe, but wearing a loincloth, appears in the Puget Sound area. Despite looking just like us, in other words human, we don't attempt to communicate or understand, we first try to subdue. With missiles! And submarines and bombs. Oh how I wish this was a bit unrealistic, but I feel very strongly that it is not.
If this is how we react to something the same as us, imagine how we would react to the "other." should they ever visit. On Star Trek, there is something called The Prime Directive." It's basically a rule saying that you must allow civilizations to develop on their own with no interference. We NEED interference. We are mucking up the so called civilization process so badly. Jones simply calls us out on it using our current slang, phrases and notions.
Embarassing.
This little tale begins exactly as you would expect. This 50 foot Indian, unknown tribe, but wearing a loincloth, appears in the Puget Sound area. Despite looking just like us, in other words human, we don't attempt to communicate or understand, we first try to subdue. With missiles! And submarines and bombs. Oh how I wish this was a bit unrealistic, but I feel very strongly that it is not.
If this is how we react to something the same as us, imagine how we would react to the "other." should they ever visit. On Star Trek, there is something called The Prime Directive." It's basically a rule saying that you must allow civilizations to develop on their own with no interference. We NEED interference. We are mucking up the so called civilization process so badly. Jones simply calls us out on it using our current slang, phrases and notions.
Embarassing.