Status Updates From Kinsman

i am 40 pages in ben bova's kinsman and i am astounded, i didn't realize quantum science fiction—a field i am unfamiliar but intrigued by, could be somehow so.. familiar. from his fatherly woes, the diane hookup, to the people being against high ambition. lmao i can tell the book is old.. from what i looked up. ben bova is a white man. and he wrote down the n word for frank colt like he was black. frank is bl