The Speed of Dark (Review)
I recently finished The Speed of Dark, by Elizabeth Moon. This is a futuristic science fiction story with a twist I like: a sympathetic character who is nothing like me.
In writing school, they teach you that we identify with characters that are just like us. And that’s true; we do. That’s why when a writer comes along like Elizabeth Moon has and makes us identify with a character like Lou..
Lou is autistic. In our world, he could not live alone, hold down a job, or do any of the other things he does. But even in Lou’s world, he’s different than so-called “normal” people. And most normal people look down on him and everyone like him. How will Lou respond when his employer begins to pressure him and his coworkers to undergo an experimental procedure that could change them into normal people? What if he doesn’t want to be “normal”?
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