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Any sci-fi with aliens where humans are not the less advanced race? (literature.cafe)

submitted 11 months ago by gabe@literature.cafe to c/fiction@literature.cafe

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What the title says, I'm tired of the trope where humans are the least advanced in the universe.

I'd like to read something different where we're the more advanced ones (not necessarily the most advanced). As an example I quite enjoyed the Ender's Game sequels and the angle of us being the more advanced ones was quite interesting.

Do you have any recommendations?

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[–] Janvier@literature.cafe 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I love the short story The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove. There's of course the alien invasion trope, where aliens are space conquistadors pillaging the earth with their extra-terrestrial powers, and its complement, the Star Trek trope, where humans are culturally and technologically superior secular humanists descended to a backwards planet. And then there's this story.

[–] earned_myself_a_gin@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago

This is one of my favorite short stories. Such a cool take on the alien invasion trope