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Neal Stephenson's "Polostan"
- hindsightbias 2y ago"The sftnal [sic] version of this would go something like this: "a story gets increasingly stfnal [sic] to the extent that..." Corey needs to get an editor or stop using chatgpt.
- avaldez_ 2y agohttps://sfdictionary.com/view/439/stfnal https://sfdictionary.com/view/439/stfnal
- emptiestplace 2y agoLLMs generally do not make mistakes of this sort.
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoI just finished Polostan, and I think Doctorow's review is spot-on, nice to see another writer I like quite a bit so enthusiastic about both the strengths and quirks of the novel. I hadn't thought about it, but he and Stephenson both have a sometimes charming, sometimes maddening tendency to interject rambling discussions of things they have gotten personally interested in into their works, more so than most other SF authors I read (maybe Kim Stanley Robinson should be on that list too, realistically).
- scyzoryk_xyz 2y agoDo you recommend it?
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoI would, it's not my favorite of Stephenson's books, but it's a fun read, a nice change of pace.
- lsaferite 2y agoOut of curiosity, what is your favorite?