Review: Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex by Tobias S. Buckell
Review of Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex by Tobias S. Buckell
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, Purchase Anthology
First of all, "Tourist Industrial Complex" is pretty genius, so I've
already got my expectations raised. This was exceedingly well-written,
and I don't mean plot or prose or arc or any of those things
specifically - I mean it was all tied together in this fantastic piece
that will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very end.
Earth has become a tourist destination, a delightfully "primitive" one at that, and it has affected all of humanity in varying ways - but mostly bad. This story isn't just surface level science fiction, it is also about how excessive tourism can hamper the local economy and the people. There's also shades of colonialism, in that the outsiders just do not care about the people whose land they've stolen. As someone originally from a country that was previously colonized, this hit hard.
Earth has become a tourist destination, a delightfully "primitive" one at that, and it has affected all of humanity in varying ways - but mostly bad. This story isn't just surface level science fiction, it is also about how excessive tourism can hamper the local economy and the people. There's also shades of colonialism, in that the outsiders just do not care about the people whose land they've stolen. As someone originally from a country that was previously colonized, this hit hard.
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