Review of 'Out of Nothing [Graphic Novel]' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
As a Christian person who has been doing a lot of thinking about how to write bible stories for kids that encourage them not to be fundamentalist, it was nice to read a book about the universe that is both atheist and mythic. I was also reminded that I should probably re-watch 2001 a Space Odessy.
That said, the racial politics at play in this book are kind of hard to get past. Characters tended to be a bit too light skinned imho, black people should not just pop up to be entertainers and why is the future blue people? As someone who left high school history class far behind it was a bit jarring to be placed back in such a western science centric pov.
But since I do often find myself complaining about the lack of references I should point out that there is a further reading list …
As a Christian person who has been doing a lot of thinking about how to write bible stories for kids that encourage them not to be fundamentalist, it was nice to read a book about the universe that is both atheist and mythic. I was also reminded that I should probably re-watch 2001 a Space Odessy.
That said, the racial politics at play in this book are kind of hard to get past. Characters tended to be a bit too light skinned imho, black people should not just pop up to be entertainers and why is the future blue people? As someone who left high school history class far behind it was a bit jarring to be placed back in such a western science centric pov.
But since I do often find myself complaining about the lack of references I should point out that there is a further reading list at the end of the book.