This comment was written by Chelsea Larymore on 8 May 2019.

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Evil Nomads

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Prior to reading this story I would have never considered Abel the monster. Of course, I also grew up in church and still consider myself religious. I was shocked that Cain to learn that Cain was pretty much the unwilling founder of nomad culture. I was very interested in what Samatar had to say about this one. I found myself equally shocked when I realized the degrading of nomad culture is a thing. Going a step further than just talking about people who move a lot, young adults who make decisions to travel rather than attend college immediately are practically burned at the stake by older generations. Why do you think younger generations are obsessed with traveling while older generations treat it like the end of the world?

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  1. The Inferiorizing of Nomadic Culture in "The Shadow Beast"