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[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oh yeah it's real bad, but I also like Dune which is chock full of eugenics and it is pretty clear even in the shadow spinoff that all they did was create narcissistic monsters.

Also both Ender's siblings are pretty prescient in terms of the rise of social media influencer celebs now that I think of it.

I also maintain (and my memory is very foggy) the one story about the other kid that ends up spilling the beans and telling all the other kids that were subject to the same project they put Ender through was pretty good where he, at the last moment tells them what they are doing, was pretty good.

I haven't read the spinoff series in about 25 years.