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What scifi are you reading that doesn't have plot holes? Also, I don't think anything could be less flat than Liu's Chinese characters—especially the women lik
by jaqalopes 5y ago
What scifi are you reading that doesn't have plot holes?
Also, I don't think anything could be less flat than Liu's Chinese characters—especially the women like Ye Wenjie and Cheng Xin. I suppose you might not have spent a lot of time with Chinese people, but you should know that due to their culture they live somewhat different emotional lives than Westerners, with much less emphasis placed on direct individual expression and much more focus on private or hidden (from family, society, etc.) actions.
Personally, I come to science fiction because I'm interested in seeing how human beings respond to the extreme situations in which imagined futures place them. In that regard, Remembrance of Earth's Past is one of the most engaging and successful scifi series I have ever read.
- esarbe 5y agoAs I mentioned before; I didn't really like TBP and it's siblings. I can however recommend Diaspora by Greg Egan. Or Blindsight and Echopraxia by Peter Watts. "Human" beings in "extreme situations", indeed.
- dnautics 5y agoto be fair: "having plot holes" is not the same thing as "nothing but plot holes"