![]() ![]() ![]() Cockroaches live and thrive on the moss and help cover up the Mars surface in order to reduce the extreme temperatures and develop an atmosphere. In the not-to-distant future, Humanity decides to TerraForm Mars, using Cockroaches and Moss. Do you think this guy may be racist against blacks the creator of Bleach hates Hispanics, every Hollow has some Spanish thing going on with its name, even Chad. I like it don't be swayed by Japan's xenophobia which permeates a lot of their stuff. Overall: Racist-Maybe, Readable: Definitely, Better than most. Btw, there are a few blacks in the manga who show aptitude and skill, but let's overlook that and point at all the bad. No there is no "savior" who blonde hair is blue-eyed, read the manga and you'll find who that is and what his purpose may be. There was an Adolf and Eva who were German but no mention of Hitler as far as I can recall. Not only that he didn't even rate it(nor any other manga), other than his biased review "I put the manga down and didn't pick it back up again out of disgust but apparently from what I've read online it goes even deeper," so not even your own opinion but those of others. I have not idea where Vegeta20 left off nor do I care if he can't see before his rose-tinted glasses and read things that may clash with his morals or views. Racist or not, honest or not they will continue until the story gets stale. I don't want to put down other reviewers but Vegeta20 is childish to think that not reading it or endorsing it will make all the wrongs right and he's punishing the publisher with his loss of sale. Again as I've mentioned in other reviews I'm a fan of ranking systems and this has plenty of that. But like I mentioned until right now I didn't connect the two and who cares it's a great story with pretty brutal(good) fights. Not only that there was only one time during an end of a chapter well into ch.150+ that it was even there. ![]() I may be white as frosty the snowman but this is the first I heard of it being racist. But Newitz’s optimism is well-argued and enchanting.As my esteemed colleague Vegeta20 has said there are some racial "miscues" that are sprinkled in here, but to be honest, Japan doesn't care, I don't care. The Terraformers is so good at imagining how people undermine their own societies that it seems downright miraculous imagining we’ll make it to the year 3000, let alone 30,000. In some ways, Newitz has done the job too well. And because the book’s three-part structure introduces a new set of characters each time, it’s harder to feel invested in any one of them, even as their homes are blasted into oblivion. Points can get clotted in the book’s late going, as Verdance leadership becomes increasingly one-note and authoritarian even the inevitable battle scenes can feel passionless in comparison with Newitz’s true passion, urbanist rhetoric. Newitz is generally more comfortable operating at the macro level - plate tectonics, river flow and transit all play central roles in the book’s plot, and each is handled with intelligence and often a delightful weirdness. The Terraformers may be the best novel you’ll read this year about a tragic romance between two moose-like creatures. But the heart of the story is a straightforward culture clash layered atop a capitalist critique. Newitz is a thorough and meticulous world-builder, almost to a fault - the narrative often delves deep into Sask-E’s weeds. ![]()
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