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The main plot is driven by implications of a big war between Humans and Dracs, its consequences and the true cause behind it. |
The main plot is driven by implications of a big war between Humans and Dracs, its consequences and the true cause behind it. |
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=== This series provides examples of: === |
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* [[Bilingual Backfire]] - A couple Dracs on the way back to their homeworld don't expect the human protagonist to be able to understand them. He lets them know with a few choice words in Drac that they picked entirely the wrong human to insult behind his back. |
* [[Bilingual Backfire]] - A couple Dracs on the way back to their homeworld don't expect the human protagonist to be able to understand them. He lets them know with a few choice words in Drac that they picked entirely the wrong human to insult behind his back. |
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* [[Cycle of Revenge]]: ''The Tomorrow Testament'', and particularly ''The Last Enemy'', wrestle with this problem. How to stop a war which is counterproductive for both Humans and Dracs, but whose populations will still fight because of this? |
* [[Cycle of Revenge]]: ''The Tomorrow Testament'', and particularly ''The Last Enemy'', wrestle with this problem. How to stop a war which is counterproductive for both Humans and Dracs, but whose populations will still fight because of this? |
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* [[Dead-Man Switch]]: Through an almost- [[Irrevocable Order]]. When cornering {{spoiler|people more forward-looking than even Dracs}}, it's good to have a Deadman Fleet Command. "Blow me up and your ''planet'' will be blown up". |
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* [[Death World]]: Amadeen. Once it was just one more boring mining colony, but no more -- a courtesy of [[War Is Hell]] trope. |
* [[Death World]]: Amadeen. Once it was just one more boring mining colony, but no more -- a courtesy of [[War Is Hell]] trope. |
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: Not the [[Trope Namer]], but helped popularize it. |
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Not the [[Trope Namer]], but helped popularize it. |
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[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] |
[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] |
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[[Category:The Enemy Papers]] |
[[Category:The Enemy Papers]] |
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[[Category:Literature]] |
[[Category:Literature]][[Category:Pages with comment tags]] |
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