Actually, on the topic of the Bechdel test and representation of different groups and genders I wanted to say that I really appreciated that the significant majority of major characters, especially those in positions of authority, in were female Neptune's Brood. A solid precis on the how-to of interstellar banking and societies that despite serious backsliding on other personal rights and liberties seems to have gotten over our patriarchal past? Pretty fricken sweet, and this nerd loved it.
Of course, if I lived in that universe what I'd really want is to be one of those Marxist squid, they clearly got tired of waiting for humans to become angels so that Marxism would work and just went ahead and made the upgrades themselves.
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