Orson Scott Card calls them Piggies. They are the native
creatures of the distant planet Lusitania that Humans discovered more than 3000
years into the future. Book is very interesting to read considering that I even
started sketching its characters before finishing it. There are multiple concepts
that got me excited and would be very interesting to visualize. I have some
ideas for the Bugger’s space ships as well as Buggers themselves. One thing
that I find very annoying is the constant reference to the church, scriptures
and hidden as well as ‘in your face’ Christian symbols. I understand that Bible
is deeply rooted into human culture and makes it easier to explain many
concepts but does it have to be everywhere? 3000 years into the future, really?
It felt like the author had some sort of internal struggle as he was writing
and I am afraid that in the end logic did not win, though I am not finished
with the book. Anyway those are my thoughts, ideas and a little exercise at
character design. Speaking of which, Piggies have a very deep/
biological connection to the nature that greatly affects their physiology and
life cycle. At this point I only played with the male Characters. I would like
to spend some time exploring little mothers, Wives and small ones. If I will
ever get to that…
2 comments:
Ok. these are not quite how I imagined them; but I do find the book itself provocative.
Susan thanks! That is the beauty of it we all see it differently. I sketched those as I was reading the speaker for the dead and even my own views have slightly changed after I finished the book. At the beginning many facts were hidden I though that Piggies had sinister/ dangerous/deadly side. Actually as I am reading Xenocide it turns out they do have a certain degree of danger for humans.
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