Inside Earth

Poul Anderson
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Inside Earth

sdlotu
7/14/2021
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Anderson deftly presents the notion that true unity comes from acception all, including the enemy.

The story discusses the effort of a galaxy-spanning empire to assimilate the contentious and belligerent people of Earth. Simply supressing them and imposing dictatorial rules will not do. The earthlings must be driven to unite in spite of all their divisions, rising up again and again in opposition to the empire until they have finally unified, whereupon they will be admitted as members of the empire.

Told from the point of view of an agent provacateur placed by the Valgolian empire to foment insurrection, and how that agent must find a way, through repeated failed revolts, so build a better people of Earth.

Well worth reading.

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