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I can see that. Having read several of Stross's works, this is one of the ones that's less "gelled." I'd call it, structurally, an outlier relative to his other

I can see that. Having read several of Stross's works, this is one of the ones that's less "gelled." I'd call it, structurally, an outlier relative to his other stuff; it's going a lot of places very fast and not leaving much time for the reader to get on the same page as the author. Very compelling for the concepts it raises and plays with, but his other works do a better job of telling a story.

shagie 2y ago
It isn't gelled as much because it wasn't really meant to be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando#Plot_summary_and_breakdown_by_story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando#Plot_summary_and_b... The publication dates of the short stories spans a bit over three years. https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?91976 https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?91976 and https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?99386 https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?99386 and so on... each published separately. Consistent characters (possibly with some editing when brought into a single collection) but they appear to be written as short stories that are slices of the life of clan Macx and Aineko. As short stories, there's less opportunity for lasting character development.