Technology: Double Alien

A narration technology that shows a narrator making mistakes in judgment while encountering a new culture, but then struggling to decide which culture is best (the familiar becomes somewhat unacceptable and the unfamiliar becomes only somewhat acceptable).

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The Left Hand of Darkness
Experience: Suspended Judgment
Narrative Technology: Double Alien
Genly Ai travels to Gethen and learns about their very different ways (making assumption after assumption and having to set them aside as he learns more). When he returns home, he is horrified by those of his own species but also repelled by the Gethens.
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025