<!>Narrative themes and tropes (2019-02-11 14:25:42)
Narrative themes and tropes
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On the trope of eating alien species in fantasy and science fiction (us included).

The one horrifying sci-fi trope that’s probably far too accurate

Science fiction is full of sickening ideas, like body snatchers and alien parasites and mind-controlling earworms. But one of the most skin-crawling tropes in science fiction is also probably pretty realistic: humans eating alien life forms that later turn out to be intelligent.


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