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Man I have exactly the opposite reaction: the last third at least has some nifty high-concept worldbuilding even though it doesn't have nearly enough room to ge
by Analemma_ 2y ago
Man I have exactly the opposite reaction: the last third at least has some nifty high-concept worldbuilding even though it doesn't have nearly enough room to get really explored. The first two-thirds are an absolutely cringe-worthy example of "if only the idiot normies would shut up and let the engineers run everything" nerd supremacy at its very worst, including a painfully obvious Elon Musk stand-in character saving humanity, which was a bad idea in 2015 and has aged even more horribly since.
- davidw 2y agoLikewise. I thought the last third was kind of fun science fiction. The first two thirds were a huge downer.
- aaronbrethorst 2y agoHuh, interesting. I never re-read it, but noped out of Termination Shock for the same reason.
- peddling-brink 2y agoSeveneves was mild, diluted nerd supremacy. Anathem, was absolute, unhinged nerd supremacy. I loved them both.
- aaronbrethorst 2y agoI've been thinking a lot lately about the Ita's version of the internet and the garbage data they have to contend with.