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My “favorite” part of the trilogy, is when a character in the book praises the writing and quality of a couple of fairytales that are part of the plot and writt
by Lewton 4y ago
My “favorite” part of the trilogy, is when a character in the book praises the writing and quality of a couple of fairytales that are part of the plot and written in the book
As in.. Cixin literally calling his own writing great and patting himself on the back
- lucb1e 4y agoIt's a plot point that these stories are well-liked. The stories themselves are objectively simplistic, but in the minds of the party to whom they are supposed to be good (trying to avoid spoilers here), it can make sense that they would like them. I didn't cynically read it as the author saying their own stories are so amazing. I do think the embedded extra meanings are well-made. Whether it would actually work and remain undiscovered by the aforementioned party is a bit besides the point for me: the fact that the author made it work at all is nicely done. A lot of 'bad' writers show only reactions and never more than shards of the actual text to avoid having to make something that lives up to the claims.
- Lewton 4y agoYou gotta admit, it's pretty funny though And to your edit, I agree, the fairytales were a highlight of the book
- andrewf 4y agoThe characters in Tolkien's books really liked singing Tolkien's songs.
- WiSaGaN 4y agoIn fact, Liu was found praising his own books in a forum using burner accounts after the publication, and also reminding people that the Hugo award the novel received was "huge in the Western sci-fi world". He was probably truly happy when Obama said he was a fan.