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Maybe wrong here but is it possible this genre might not just be your thing? Are there other examples of this style you enjoy (maybe Vonnegut or some of Scalzi
by nervousvarun 7y ago
Maybe wrong here but is it possible this genre might not just be your thing? Are there other examples of this style you enjoy (maybe Vonnegut or some of Scalzi)? Or if it is maybe it's his particular style of humor (definitely in the classic British/Monty Python mold) you don't respond to.
Anyways it's certainly not hard scifi and not meant to be. Basically any scifi-ish element in the book(s) is meant to be funny/surreal/absurd and won't hold up to any sortof actual scrutiny. Often not even just technical scrutiny but basic "would this ever actually happen" scrutiny.
In one of the books mean he introduces an alien that spends it's entire existence traveling throughout the Universe insulting every sentient being in alphabetical order. Obviously that's not something that would ever actually happen but the idea itself has value if you find it funny (which I did but maybe you would not).
- mclightning 7y agoI actually love Monty Python. It may be that I expect a different story-telling in a SciFi setting. Monty Python is more of a literary comedy for me. I think we are onto something here. I might need to relax my rules and expectations in SciFi genre :D