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The Ignoble Savages: A Positronic Book
Paperback
Science FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515450405
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Feb 28 2021
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A sharply observed mid-century science fiction story in which the idea of civilization is tested against alien custom and human assumption.
When representatives of Earth encounter a society whose values do not conform to familiar hierarchies of progress and refinement, the resulting exchange exposes more about the visitors than the visited. Through irony and carefully structured confrontation, Evelyn E. Smith dismantles easy notions of superiority, revealing how quickly confidence becomes confusion when cultural foundations shift.
Written during the formative decades of modern speculative fiction, The Ignoble Savages exemplifies Smith's particular strength: using extraterrestrial settings to examine prejudice, diplomacy, and the fragile architecture of social belief. Compact yet pointed, the story remains a lucid example of science fiction functioning as both imaginative exploration and social critique.
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