I'm not saying don't watch the movie or read the book. Do whatever makes you happy.

I'm also not interested in debating how much inclusion is in his stories, whether he realizes it or not.

And I'm not interested in comparing even bigger, "super woke" sci-fi franchises like Star Trek or Star Wars.

I'm just saying that I personally watched the last one (The Martian), and I watched this one (Project Hail Mary), but you can guess if I'm watching the next one.

So many choices in entertainment.

The actions that attract the MAGA customer base will probably alienate me, and vice versa. That's OK!

Whether or not I watch his next movie doesn't really matter that much to him. He's not going to go broke and that's okay. Good actually!

But it's so hard to be an author, let alone a woman author, in sci-fi, who tells stories with good representation? Those authors don't need to be punched down on.

🤔Now I need to buy two IMAX tickets worth of sci-fi books written by authors that aren't anti-woke, just to put my part of the universe back in balance.

🤔Actually to properly balance things out, I have to keep reading new sci-fi books until I find one that I can recommend to thousands of people.

@Fourth_Dogma @mekkaokereke

Agree with this. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine is brilliant.

Check out Martine's CV as well. Fascinating personal history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Martine

@mekkaokereke can I piggyback on the great recommendations that have been rolling in on this thread? I'm looking for kid-friendly science fiction (say, for ages 6-10).

I absolutely adored the Tom Swift III series around first and second grade, but the portrayal of the sole female character (Anita Thorwald, the "volatile redhead," who was actually one of my favorite characters) turns my stomach now. (You can find a PDF here: https://ms.z-library.sk/book/yqvB1m0Vj1/terror-on-the-moons-of-jupiter-tom-swift-third-series-book-2.html?dsource=recommend and search for "redhead" to get an idea.)

@trurl @mekkaokereke

My daughter has enjoyed Diane Duane's "Young Wizards" books, although those are more fantasy than science fiction (even if the wizards like to hang out on the Moon).

@michael_w_busch @mekkaokereke this is a great series! I read the first few books back in middle school.

I aged out of the series and never got to "A Wizard Alone," which features a Black autistic character. I'll note that there seems to be a consensus that he is written considerably better in Duane's later (Ebook-only?) revision (https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/36422359487/are-you-going-to-do-a-new-millennium-edition-of-a).