As I said in the comment above, I highly recommend reading the sequel (“Beetle in an anthill”, or something like that in English), in order to understand what uplift might look like from the other end. It’s not all roses.
I don’t know that I’d call Beetle in the Anthill a sequel to Hard to Be a God, per se (except insofar as they both take place in the Noon Universe), but yes, I agree with the recommendation. The sequel to Beetle, which I believe is called Time Wanderers in English (Waves Silence the Wind in Russian), illustrates this even more starkly.
As I said in the comment above, I highly recommend reading the sequel (“Beetle in an anthill”, or something like that in English), in order to understand what uplift might look like from the other end. It’s not all roses.
Not being uplifted isn’t exactly roses either.
I don’t know that I’d call Beetle in the Anthill a sequel to Hard to Be a God, per se (except insofar as they both take place in the Noon Universe), but yes, I agree with the recommendation. The sequel to Beetle, which I believe is called Time Wanderers in English (Waves Silence the Wind in Russian), illustrates this even more starkly.