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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In the novel, South Africa is portrayed as a particularly troublesome nation, with the [[AmoralAfrikaner Apartheid regime]] being replaced by [[PersecutionFlip a Black Supremacist government]] that even the overlords have serious trouble fixing. While South Africa does still have problems with race relations, Apartheid ended in 1994, and Nelson Mandela and the ANC chose restorative justice rather than vengeance. South Africa had a much brighter future than Clarke predicted, with no aliens necessary.
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* ValuesDissonance: The offhanded way that the extinction of everything ''else'' on planet Earth is treated as a necessary sacrifice (despite there being plenty of ''lifeless'' planets in the solar system that could've provided the necessary energy) seems a lot harsher now than it probably did in the Fifties.
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* ValuesDissonance: ValuesDissonance:
** The book was written when feminism was in its early stages, so there are a few jarringly sexist things with the men running the show and Jean only acclimating to New Athens when she learns to appreciate the kitchen.
** The offhanded way that the extinction of everything ''else'' on planet Earth is treated as a necessary sacrifice (despite there being plenty of ''lifeless'' planets in the solar system that could've provided the necessary energy) seems a lot harsher now than it probably did in the Fifties.
** The book was written when feminism was in its early stages, so there are a few jarringly sexist things with the men running the show and Jean only acclimating to New Athens when she learns to appreciate the kitchen.
** The offhanded way that the extinction of everything ''else'' on planet Earth is treated as a necessary sacrifice (despite there being plenty of ''lifeless'' planets in the solar system that could've provided the necessary energy) seems a lot harsher now than it probably did in the Fifties.
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* ValuesDissonance:
** The book was written when feminism was in its early stages, so there are a few jarringly sexist things with the men running the show and Jean only acclimating to New Athens when she learns to appreciate the kitchen.
** The offhanded way that the extinction of everything ''else'' on planet Earth is treated as a necessary sacrifice (despite there being plenty of ''lifeless'' planets in the solar system that could've provided the necessary energy) seems a lot harsher now than it probably did in the Fifties.
** The book was written when feminism was in its early stages, so there are a few jarringly sexist things with the men running the show and Jean only acclimating to New Athens when she learns to appreciate the kitchen.
** The offhanded way that the extinction of everything ''else'' on planet Earth is treated as a necessary sacrifice (despite there being plenty of ''lifeless'' planets in the solar system that could've provided the necessary energy) seems a lot harsher now than it probably did in the Fifties.
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* ValuesDissonance:
** The book was written when feminism was in its early stages, so there are a few jarringly sexist things with the men running the show and Jean only acclimating to New Athens when she learns to appreciate the kitchen.
**ValuesDissonance: The offhanded way that the extinction of everything ''else'' on planet Earth is treated as a necessary sacrifice (despite there being plenty of ''lifeless'' planets in the solar system that could've provided the necessary energy) seems a lot harsher now than it probably did in the Fifties.
** The book was written when feminism was in its early stages, so there are a few jarringly sexist things with the men running the show and Jean only acclimating to New Athens when she learns to appreciate the kitchen.
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* UncannyValley: The faces of the new generation, which resembles the type of 'average face' created by compositing many photos together and is even more expressionless than a corpse.
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* When the Overlords announce [[spoiler: there will be no more children born on Earth,]] there is a shot of a pregnant woman - whose stomach ''deflates'' as she screams in horror.
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* NightmareFuel: When the Overlords announce [[spoiler: there will be no more children born on Earth,]] there is a shot of a pregnant woman - whose stomach ''deflates'' as she screams in horror.
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* NightmareFuel: When the Overlords announce [[spoiler: there will be no more children born on Earth,]] there is a shot of a pregnant woman - whose stomach ''deflates'' as she screams in horror.
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* NightmareFuel: When the Overlords announce [[spoiler: there will be no more children born on Earth,]] there is a shot of a pregnant woman - whose stomach ''deflates'' as she screams in horror.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's deliberately left ambiguous [[spoiler: if the Overmind is just in its manipulation and eventual assimilation of sentient races. The Overlords believe that it's a good thing, but they're basically the Overmind's slaves.]]
* EsotericHappyEnding: The Overlords think it's a happy ending, the idea that the children of [[spoiler: the final generation of humans AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]], but it still involves [[spoiler: the extinction of humanity, and the "ascended" children are a bunch of feral psychic monsters that get assimilated into a HiveMind. Not to mention the Overmind has done this to possibly hundreds of sentient races, and only the Overlords say this is a good thing]]. If a different science fiction work kept the same basic plot and cast the aliens as villains, most people wouldn't question their action as villainous.
* EsotericHappyEnding: The Overlords think it's a happy ending, the idea that the children of [[spoiler: the final generation of humans AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]], but it still involves [[spoiler: the extinction of humanity, and the "ascended" children are a bunch of feral psychic monsters that get assimilated into a HiveMind. Not to mention the Overmind has done this to possibly hundreds of sentient races, and only the Overlords say this is a good thing]]. If a different science fiction work kept the same basic plot and cast the aliens as villains, most people wouldn't question their action as villainous.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's deliberately left ambiguous [[spoiler: if [[spoiler:if the Overmind is just in its manipulation and eventual assimilation of sentient races. The Overlords believe that it's a good thing, but they're basically the Overmind's slaves.]]
* EsotericHappyEnding: The Overlords think it's a happy ending, the idea that the children of[[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the final generation of humans AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]], but it still involves [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the extinction of humanity, and the "ascended" children are a bunch of feral psychic monsters that get assimilated into a HiveMind. Not to mention the Overmind has done this to possibly hundreds of sentient races, and only the Overlords say this is a good thing]]. If a different science fiction work kept the same basic plot and cast the aliens as villains, most people wouldn't question their action as villainous.
* EsotericHappyEnding: The Overlords think it's a happy ending, the idea that the children of
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* ValuesDissonance: The book was written when feminism was in its early stages, so there are a few jarringly sexist things with the men running the show and Jean only acclimating to New Athens when she learns to appreciate the kitchen.
** It also attempts to challenge racism through making "nigger" a polite description no more taboo than "republican".
** It also attempts to challenge racism through making "nigger" a polite description no more taboo than "republican".
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* ValuesDissonance: ValuesDissonance:
** The book was written when feminism was in its early stages, so there are a few jarringly sexist things with the men running the show and Jean only acclimating to New Athens when she learns to appreciate thekitchen.
** It also attempts to challenge racism through making "nigger" a polite description no more taboo than "republican".kitchen.
** The book was written when feminism was in its early stages, so there are a few jarringly sexist things with the men running the show and Jean only acclimating to New Athens when she learns to appreciate the
** It also attempts to challenge racism through making "nigger" a polite description no more taboo than "republican".
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* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Ricky's death]].
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** [[spoiler: Ricky's death]].
** [[spoiler: Ricky's death]].
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* NeverLiveItDown: In-verse. The leader of the island community admits that as a Jew, he never really got over his faith being discredited or his old homeland (Israel) giving up its independence so soon after it attained it thanks to the Overlords. Still, he doesn't have any particular grudge against them.
