Xenophobia – the future of racism.
Definition
of Xenophobia – An Unreasonable fear or hatred of
strangers from other lands/countries/planets.
Original
usage: 1905-from the word Xenos, meaning strange added to
Phobia, meaning fear. Together they mean fear of strangers.
Current/Future
usage: 2300 – Fear of sentient aliens, especially
those who do not resemble a humanoid form.
In The Gods of Probabilities, Captain Zousan discovers
a great deal of his crew harbor xenophobic attitudes. This comes to light when
Pane is given the critical position of Shepherd for the planet Zepwick, which
is vitally important for the success of The Path of Light.
Pane is the result of one of the Gods getting frisky
with an orangutan species on the planet Hooweet in the Triangulum Galaxy. As
the dominant intelligent life on the planet, they drove about in three-wheeled
helio cars that could also fly short distances. Their young people loved to go
dancing and swinging ‘til the break of dawn, then head off to battle at the break
of dawn. They were warring with the other tribes, much like humans do, so
Zousan sent one of his crew down to teach them to live in harmony. Taking on
the rallying cry of “Make Love, not War” the sub-par God evidently followed his
own advice. Nine months later, Pane was born. Normally, God genes dominated
over the DNA of the native partner, and they always came out looking like…
well, Gods. The men were handsome and strong, the ladies beautiful and svelte.
But not this time.
This suggests that Pane’s DNA proved stronger and
better than the DNA of the idiot God that Zousan had sent to the planet. He
would like to know exactly who he sent to the planet, only the computer refuses
to tell him.
Despite Pane’s excessive fur, short bow legs, and a
grey muzzle jutting from his brown furry face, Zousan thinks him an excellent
Shepherd, the best he had in fact. Pane had great empathy for his charges,
excellent problem-solving skills, quick to give others credit for their ideas,
diligent, focused, hardworking and never resented questions or suggestions.
While disturbing in appearance, he handled his charges to perfection. Zousan only wished he had more like Pane. But
Pane was unique, both in his abilities and his hideous features. And his
presence had brought to Zousan’s attention that he had a serious xenophobia
problem. Even knowing they might destroy The Path of Light by their actions or
inactions, other crew members will ignore his requests, even if they were
signed off by his supervisor Athena. Zousan is constantly having to intervene
because the Xenophobes on his staff send Pane’s Highest Priority requests down
to the bottom of a hundred yearlong queue.
Finally, he threatens to send all Xenophobes home
through the next black hole they pass. SANS SHIP!
While this quelled the obvious signs of Xenophobia,
nothing has altered the hearts of his crew. The Gods who were Xenophobes
yesterday are still Xenophobes. They’re just more careful about it.
And the problem isn’t just with the Gods. The large
contingency of humans in space, while claiming to follow The Path of Light, in
truth walk a darker path, plotting to kill all other sentient lifeforms in the
all the multiverses. I’m sorry to say, but some things never change.
The Gods of Probabilities
By
Liza O’Connor
Blurb
The Gods
require a time shifter to ensure the Path of Light reigns during the final
collapse of possibilities. To speed the process of finding an Oceanic with the
specific talents needed, God DNA is induced in several batches of Oceanic eggs,
resulting in a generation of brilliant tiny blue Oceanic children.
One charming
boy named Drogan has the ability to manipulate quantum reality in ways that
will strengthen the Path of Light. The only trouble is that his gift runs a high
probability of killing him and wiping out the Path of Light for good.
While the
bureaucratic Gods will try to assist, in Quantum all possibilities not only can, but do happen, so the future is never certain.
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and a few youth books too.
Liza O'Conner has exceeded 50 novels.
Yep, she loves to write stories in many genres:
Contemporary,
Sci Fi
Paranormal
Western
Historical
and a few youth books too.
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