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The Speed of Dark

Yeah I know, but it was his choice. Some people would make that choice, some would not. I am also trying to not give away the ending but I wanted to comment because I also felt uncomfortable but, it made me think and I think a good book does that.

lynswim said:
I've read it - great book - but I disagree with the ending (which I won't mention for those that haven't read it!).
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grommet said:
Yeah I know, but it was his choice. Some people would make that choice, some would not. I am also trying to not give away the ending but I wanted to comment because I also felt uncomfortable but, it made me think and I think a good book does that.
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Would you have chosen like he did? I don't think I would have :)
 
That is a tough question to answer. Right now, at this moment, yes. But other times, no. Still trying not to give away the ending of the book.

Maybe we should start another thread to ask this question so we don't say too much about The Speed of Dark. I would like to know how others feel. I know this question is asked again and again. I wonder if most aspies do.

lynswim said:
Would you have chosen like he did? I don't think I would have :)
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I was looking at the reviews on Goodreads and it seems a lot of people did not like the ending. One reviewer said the ending was "rushed and unsatisfying". He said his problem wasn't about whether he agreed or disagreed with the character's decisions, it was just that the ending was "to pat, too cut and dried".
 
I think this is a fabulous book! As I wrote earlier, I would definitely choose to "correct" a very young child so the poor kid wouldn't have to go through life handicapped. I fervently wish there had been the awareness and potential to cure me while I was an infant. I didn't learn I has AS until I was 62 and I am very angry; because I am handicapped, because so few NTs realize I am not being strange on purpose, but mostly, because in today's world, when autism is better understood there isn't a huge, world wide campaign to raise awareness and tolerance. I know I wouldn't be happy if I were to take the treatment at my age because I retain decades of very painful memories, anger and grudges against those who caused me pain. Also, if I were to be "cured" and recalled my earlier, autistic self I would be bent on taking retribution on all who had been nasty to me. Further, being an NT, IMHO, means taking a terrible risk of adopting all the "us vs, them" mentality. I would like to remove autism from the world and at the same time help NTs to feel comfortable when they don't simply conform and follow the herd. I continue to wish I had never been born and wish I could just die and get it over.
 
The thing that strikes me about the setting of the book, is that (for those who still are ASD), the world seems to have become perfect for those with ASD. The characters have good jobs that utilize their skills, they have friends, etc.
So why would someone in that setting want to change?
In our actual world, where many of us on this forum are chronically unemployed and struggling financially, where some have no real friends outside this forum, there would seem to be much more real motive for wanting a cure, if such were possible. (yet many of us are still happy with the AS aspect of our personalities :blush:)
 
I was once writing a story with a similar theme (curing ASDs and who actually wanted it.). Not sure how close it was to this story, but mine was about a group who, all throughout the story, appeared to be the good guys who wanted to make the world a better place (by curing ASDs and letting them live "normal" lives.). However, my story revealed, at the end, that this group was actually part of a government that was afraid of people with ASDs because they were different, and thus harder to keep in the government's narrow lines.
 
If there was a cure i would take it easily. I would also like to think that when i pass on, and IF i end up with God he would have taken away my aspergers.
 
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