I've been wondering when someone was going to bring up Orson Scott Card. :)
Speaker of the Dead has, iirc, Brazilian Catholics in space? (or am I thinking of a different book?) and also culture clash based not on predator-prey but on "our species reproduces via horrible mutilation and murder and stuff you're just going to have to get used to, humans, and also wtf you DON'T do that?? what kind of perverts are you?"
It can be criticized in various respects, but speaking for myself, I couldn't put it down. I'm pretty sure I had only read Ender's Game at the time, and I'm not even sure you need that.
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Speaker of the Dead has, iirc, Brazilian Catholics in space? (or am I thinking of a different book?) and also culture clash based not on predator-prey but on "our species reproduces via horrible mutilation and murder and stuff you're just going to have to get used to, humans, and also wtf you DON'T do that?? what kind of perverts are you?"
It can be criticized in various respects, but speaking for myself, I couldn't put it down. I'm pretty sure I had only read Ender's Game at the time, and I'm not even sure you need that.