alien-race-duties

The narrative explores the concept of a collective race with specific tasks and the consequences of an individual deviating from these communal responsibilities.

1 chapter across 1 book

Up the Walls of the World (1978)James Tiptree, Jr.

Chapter 1

The chapter introduces a vast, powerful, and solitary entity described as an 'evil presence' that roams the star-streams. This being is tormented by a profound pain stemming not from murder but from its failure to fulfill its race's collective duty, having chosen to deviate and drift away from its assigned task. The entity is isolated from its race, which continues to act in unison, while it remains a solitary, potent, and lethal force wandering the cosmic expanse.