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Rob
is 28% done
The bad guys in this novel so far remind me of the relentless and seemingly pleasant bad guys in Vernor Vinge’s Deepness in the Sky.
Hopefully the story will unfold with equal creativity, but I doubt it. Expanse is good, but these writers are not nearly as creative as old Vinge was in his heyday.
— May 18, 2026 03:37PM
Hopefully the story will unfold with equal creativity, but I doubt it. Expanse is good, but these writers are not nearly as creative as old Vinge was in his heyday.
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Rob
is 90% done
Okay it’s more entertaining as I get through it. But I have the feeling very little will get resolved in the last 10% of the book. I’m not much for novels that don’t have at least some conclusion.
— Jun 07, 2026 06:26PM
Rob
is 56% done
Just curious, but when does it become science fiction? I’m more than halfway through and I could’ve read the same story over and over again in the news: Israel versus Gaza, Russia versus Ukraine, the US versus Iran, every day under Donald Trump‘s ham-handed administration…
I get it: war bad, humans stupid. Let’s move on!
— May 26, 2026 07:03AM
I get it: war bad, humans stupid. Let’s move on!