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Technical types should rarely, if ever, try to write fiction, this is a prime example. You could forgive the old masters in SF because the ideas were great and
by cambalache 6y ago
Technical types should rarely, if ever, try to write fiction, this is a prime example. You could forgive the old masters in SF because the ideas were great and they have lots of practice after all so the prose was mediocre but tolerable.
- josephg 6y agoSo much judgement. Just like with programming, The way to write good fiction is to first write a lot of bad fiction. Its not a matter of being a 'technical type'. Its practice. Andy Weir (author of The Martian) is a 'technical type' and The Martian was fantastic because of his nerdy mind. His book drops with his love of STEM and all the research he put into it. The world needs more fiction by programmers; not less.
- cambalache 6y agoThe Martian is pop-fiction pablum, it does not stand up even in science-fiction, a genre notorious for its lack of literary quality. He made the big $$$ so good for him. Pablo Coelho, Dan Brown and Stephanie Meyer did the same though.
- gumby 6y agoYou must be tough in a code review.