I always appreciate how reasonable the aliens look when we see the world through their eyes and how depressing humans are sometimes.
Which of course is the point.
Butler’s books are always case studies, not precisely arguments, for they are too open ended for that, but they ask questions nonetheless. Can humans get better? How messed up are our priorities ACTUALLY?
Is xenophobia worth dying for? Do we have a choice?
I’m nearing the end of her oeuvre and it’s making me sad.