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I think if a story gives you a sense of wonder when you're young, it's a good story, even if it seems cheesy later. Probably the reason it doesn't later is that
by ajkjk 1y ago
I think if a story gives you a sense of wonder when you're young, it's a good story, even if it seems cheesy later. Probably the reason it doesn't later is that you saw so many things like that when you were young and they don't surprise you anymore.
- antisthenes 1y agoI agree. I would give anything to feel a sense of wonder that I used to get when reading sci-fi in my youth. But "can't enter the same river twice" and all that.
- xmprt 1y agoWho's writing good scifi these days which evoke that same sense of wonder? Project Hail Mary was a fun read but felt a bit too in the weeds with the details.
- bobbiechen 1y agoGotta be Ted Chiang. Try his short story collection titled Exhalation: Stories.
- AnotherGoodName 1y agoA bit like saying Shakespeare is full of cliché’s. Which it is, but it literally invented those cliché’s.